FINEST YORKSHIRE PRATTWARE PEARLWARE TOPER JUG c1790-5 SEE J & G LEWIS

An extremely fine late eighteenth century Yorkshire Pratt Ware pearl glazed earthenware (Pearlware) jug c1790-5.  This Pratt Ware jug exquisitely moulded, it has a prominent spout and fully modelled figures, with fluted panels and stiffly moulded straight leaves, painted in typical Pratt Ware Colours of principally blue, brown, green and ochre.  On one side the man is drinking outside an inn, he looks somewhat befuddled one of his stockings has fallen round his ankle and he holds up a small jug.  On the other side a horseman reclines on a grassy bank while his horses graze under a tree, these figures are set against an orange peel textured background framed within a half circle, edged with acanthus leaves.  The handle of the jug is moulded with a simulated strap with a leaf shaped terminal decorating the lower end of it. 

This exact jug (albeit with different enamel colours) is illustrated p190 within ‘Pratt Ware – English & Scottish relief decorated and underglaze coloured Earthenware 1740-1840’ by John & Griselda Lewis, the authors denote that the man drinking outside the inn on this jug is the same figure as the one on the side of the Parson, Clerk & Sexton Jug on p186 of the same publication.  The jug I offer stands 6 inches tall is in good condition and is 5 ¼ inches long (front of spout to back of handle), condition is good, there is a repair to a piece cleanly broken from spout (illustrated), I suspect that this repair could be improved upon to the extent where it became near invisible should the new owner wish, bar this single flaw the item is otherwise perfect.  This is a fine and rare jug offered very competitively priced and without reserve.  See my other quality British, Continental and oriental ceramics currently offered on ebay.