Prattware pottery clock money box Mexborough Pottery Yorkshire c1800

£2850

Dated: 1800 Mexborough Yorkshire

The Prattware pottery money box is a long case grandfather clock flanked by male and female gardener figures. The boy wears a black hat, a maroon-colored jacket, a spotted waistcoat, and ochre breeches, and he leans wearily on a spade. The girl is modeled wearing a bonnet with orange, a blue speckled dress, and an ochre-colored apron. She stands holding a watering can and basket of flowers. A dog rests at the front of the clock and sits on the green-topped base which is sponge decorated around the rim with blue, black, and ochre in style associated with the Mexborough Pottery.

Dimensions: 8.5 inches high

Current Condition: Good condition

Provenance: With Jonathan Horne and Alistair Sampson. Retails paper label.

Literature: Prattware by John and Griselda Lewis.

£2850    $3847

Description

The Prattware pottery money box is a long case grandfather clock flanked by male and female gardener figures. The boy wears a black hat, a maroon-colored jacket, a spotted waistcoat, and ochre breeches, and he leans wearily on a spade. The girl is modeled wearing a bonnet with orange, a blue speckled dress, and an ochre-colored apron. She stands holding a watering can and basket of flowers. A dog rests at the front of the clock and sits on the green-topped base which is sponge decorated around the rim with blue, black, and ochre in style associated with the Mexborough Pottery.

Additional information

Dimensions 8.5 in