Early Pratt Ware Pottery Jug – Loyal Volunteers – c1795

Description

Early English, ‘Pratt Ware’ pottery jug with relief moulded decoration depicting ‘Loyal Volunteer’ soldiers, picked out in high temperature underglaze ‘Pratt type’ colours.
* Note : traces of original gilding ….
Date: circa 1795
Height : 6” (15cm)
Condition : Very good, just a tiny chip on the edge of the base, minor surface wear. No restoration.
Stock ref : 18540/rib-px
Price: £ 540 inc p&p
*During the French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars, the volunteer regiments were a potential line of defence in the event of a French invasion.
** see J & G Lewis, ‘Pratt Ware 1780-1840’ page 169 for a similar example.

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