Creamware pottery decorated pitcher with rural images dated 1785 initialled AS.

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£3650

Dated: 1785 English probably Yorkshire

A fine English creamware pottery pitcher profusely decorated with naively painted rural scenes with farm animals and buildings. Significantly this large scale example is dated 1785 and bears the initials AS. The detailed enamel coloured painting is full of interest featuring a chicken, dog , wheelbarrow, a seated figure outside the farmhouse and an imposing figure of a bull. This rare pitcher is probably the work of the famous Leeds Pottery yorkshire

Dimensions: 9 inches high

Current Condition: Excellent and Professional restoration to chip at spout and minor hairline.

£3650    $4927

Description

A fine English creamware pottery pitcher profusely decorated with naively painted rural scenes with farm animals and buildings. Significantly this large scale example is dated 1785 and bears the initials AS.
The detailed enamel coloured painting is full of interest featuring a chicken, dog , wheelbarrow, a seated figure outside the farmhouse and an imposing figure of a bull.
This rare pitcher is probably the work of the famous Leeds Pottery yorkshire

Additional information

Dimensions 9 in