Rare and important Gestingthorpe pottery Gotch or Ale jug dated 1764

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£8850

Dated: 1764 Gestingthorpe Sussex Essex border England

A very rare Gotch ale pot made by the Gestingthorpe Pottery which was located on the Essex Suffolk border. This large scale piece is scraffito decorated with stylized flowers with raised letters ( EN and IA) and the date 1764. The pot has three loop handles and a pouring spout. This important pot is one of the earliest dated piece from the Gestingthorpe Pottery. A similar piece is located in the Amgueddfa Cymru Aberystwyth Wales, the City Art Gallery Manchester and in the Glaisher Collection located in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge England. Pots are still made today on an experimental basis at Gestingthorpe using local clay fired in a medieval updraft wood kiln. NOTES; Andy Craig the  Chairman of the Gestingthorpe History Group has been in touch and sent an article from the Essex Review Magazine dated April 1944 by Alfred Hills,M.A. who has written an illustrated article titled " THE GESTINGTHORPE POT WORKS". This historically relevant and interesting article is attached to this website entry in the images section.

Dimensions: 11 inches high, 11 inches wide

Current Condition: Good condition related to age. Missing Terminal loops at handles, cracked at one handle, spout restoration.

Provenance: Synge Craven Collection

Literature: Reference 68 The Synge- Craven Collection of Regional Slipware. A similar item is located in the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain located at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge England and illustrated in the catalog Volume 1 p.16 and Volume 11 page 10 plate C.

£8850    $11947

Description

A very rare Gotch ale pot made by the Gestingthorpe Pottery which was located on the Essex Suffolk border. This large scale piece is scraffito decorated with stylized flowers with raised letters ( EN and IA) and the date 1764. The pot has three loop handles and a pouring spout. This important pot is one of the earliest dated piece from the Gestingthorpe Pottery.
A similar piece is located in the Amgueddfa Cymru Aberystwyth Wales, the City Art Gallery Manchester and in the Glaisher Collection located in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge England.

Pots are still made today on an experimental basis at Gestingthorpe using local clay fired in a medieval updraft wood kiln.

NOTES;

Andy Craig the  Chairman of the Gestingthorpe History Group has been in touch and sent an article from the Essex Review Magazine dated April 1944 by Alfred Hills,M.A. who has written an illustrated article titled ” THE GESTINGTHORPE POT WORKS”. This historically relevant and interesting article is attached to this website entry in the images section.

Additional information

Dimensions 11 × 11 in