Rare pottery creamware bodied creamer in the form of a goat ,St Anthony’s Pottery NE England c1810

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£2750

Dated: 1795 to 1800 Newcastle Upon Tyne North East England

An unusual and very rare pottery creamer in the form of a goat standing on a wafer-thin-shaped base. The figure is decorated with a lead-glaze and mottled manganese coloring, and the base is a delicate green. A similar figure in the Hanley Museum, Stoke on Trent, is impressed "ST ANTHONY."  

Dimensions: 6 inches high 6.75 inches long

Current Condition: Professionally restored. Cover, ears, horns and at ankles.

Provenance: Private Collection Manchester England

Literature: Jonathon Horne Exhibition Catalogue for 1985 figure reference129. Halfpenny (Pat) English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, pg.119 for a similar goat marked St Anthony

£2750    $3712

Description

An unusual and very rare pottery creamer in the form of a goat standing on a wafer-thin-shaped base. The figure is decorated with a lead-glaze and mottled manganese coloring, and the base is a delicate green.

A similar figure in the Hanley Museum, Stoke on Trent, is impressed “ST ANTHONY.”

 

Additional information

Dimensions 6.75 × 6 in