Floral Decorated Pearlware Pitcher

Description:

Floral Decorated Pearlware Pitcher, England, c. 1795, with gilded engine-turned neck, and handle with leaf terminal, one side painted with a Mountain Primula the other with a Christmas Rose, with a laurel wreath centered with a gilt "B" below the spout, the names of the flowers inscribed on the base, (abrasion on neck),ht. 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $200-400

A V-shaped abrasion on the neck, with small nicks the edges of the engine turnings.

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