Creamware pitcher named and dated 1782 decorated with farm animals and their owners Solomon and Sally Fielding.

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£3950

Dated: 1782 Yorkshire England

This large creamware pottery pitcher is enamel decorated and is named and dated in script "Solomon and Alice Fielding 1782". Alice sits at a table with tea and cakes while Solomon stands, with a rifle at his side and a dog nearby, surveying a field with three cows, one attended by a milkmaid, a calf, and a black horse. The rim is decorated with a named Plough and Sickle and  Scythe and Rake. This imposing documentary pitcher is expressively decorated, capturing an idyllic moment related to the elegant-looking couple.  

Dimensions: 9.75 inches high

Current Condition: Professionally restored at the base, minor nibbles at the spout and the handle re-attached.

£3950    $4542

Description

This large creamware pottery pitcher is enamel decorated and is named and dated in script “Solomon and Alice Fielding 1782”.

Alice sits at a table with tea and cakes while Solomon stands, with a rifle at his side and a dog nearby, surveying a field with three cows, one attended by a milkmaid, a calf, and a black horse. The rim is decorated with a named Plough and Sickle and  Scythe and Rake.

This imposing documentary pitcher is expressively decorated, capturing an idyllic moment related to the elegant-looking couple.

 

Additional information

Dimensions 9.75 in