Lot 3
3
Formerly in THE PITT-RIVERS MUSEUM Farnham, Dorset
A STAFFORDSHIRE REDWARE CHINOISERIE RECTANGULAR SMALL TEA-JAR, two sides moulded with figures beneath a stylised palm-tree alternating with an exotic bird perched on a tree issuant from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of gadrooned ornament (very slight rim chips to neck), late 17th century, probably Elers Brothers

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A STAFFORDSHIRE REDWARE CHINOISERIE RECTANGULAR SMALL TEA-JAR, two sides moulded with figures beneath a stylised palm-tree alternating with an exotic bird perched on a tree issuant from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of gadrooned ornament (very slight rim chips to neck), late 17th century, probably Elers Brothers
9.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. W.B. Honey, 'Elers Ware', ECC Transactions, no. 2, 1934, opp. p. 12, pl. III(b); Bernard Rackham, Early Staffordshire Pottery, pl. 30C and Jonathan Horne, 'A Collection of Early English Pottery' pt. IV, Exhibition Catalogue, 1984, no. 92

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