A fine and rare earthenware 18thc. named and dated slipware flask from Chailey, Sussex.

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£2250

Dated: 1793 Sussex England

An important and one of the earliest documentary, slipware Sussex pottery pocket flasks, is named GEORGE  HENLEY and dated MARCH 16th, 1793. The style and technique suggest the flask was made by   Robert Burstow, an ornamental pot maker to the Richard Norman family of potters, where he was employed until the pottery changed hands into brickworks in the early 19th century. Robert Burstow specialized in the technique of intricate inlaid slipware patterns of stars and geometric shapes on finely made pieces. Both sides of the tactile costrel-shaped flask are finely and similarly decorated.  

Dimensions: 6 inches high

Diameter: 5 inches

Current Condition: Fine condition

Literature: John Manwaring Baines, Sussex Pottery page 103 published in 1980

£2250    $3037

Description

An important and one of the earliest documentary, slipware Sussex pottery pocket flasks, is named GEORGE  HENLEY and dated MARCH 16th, 1793. The style and technique suggest the flask was made by   Robert Burstow, an ornamental pot maker to the Richard Norman family of potters, where he was employed until the pottery changed hands into brickworks in the early 19th century. Robert Burstow specialized in the technique of intricate inlaid slipware patterns of stars and geometric shapes on finely made pieces. Both sides of the tactile costrel-shaped flask are finely and similarly decorated.

 

Additional information

Dimensions 6 in