Antique English pottery Prattware puzzle jug c1800 Staffordshire or Yorkshire

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£1850

Dated: 1795 Staffordshire or Yorkshire England

Antique English pottery Prattware puzzle jug. This piece is an exceptionally fine quality example of Prattware with excellent potting and wonderful hand painted pictures of a castle in a rural setting and a chinoserie style temple. A superb piece of Prattware pottery.A puzzle jug was a form popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. The owner of the jug would challenge a fellow drinker to consume the contents without spilling , which, because the neck of the jug is perforated, is impossible to do conventionally. Quite often wagers would be made in the tavern and one can imagine much merriment was made of the unsuspecting punter in his attempt to crack the hidden trick for succesful pouring.

Dimensions: 7 inches high

Current Condition: Minor chip at one nozzle restored profesionally and invisibly.

Provenance: Major USA Collection

£1850    $2497

Description

Antique English pottery Prattware puzzle jug. This piece is an exceptionally fine quality example of Prattware with excellent potting and wonderful hand painted pictures of a castle in a rural setting and a chinoserie style temple. A superb piece of Prattware pottery.A puzzle jug was a form popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. The owner of the jug would challenge a fellow drinker to consume the contents without spilling , which, because the neck of the jug is perforated, is impossible to do conventionally. Quite often wagers would be made in the tavern and one can imagine much merriment was made of the unsuspecting punter in his attempt to crack the hidden trick for succesful pouring.

Additional information

Dimensions 7 in