Very Rare West Riding of Yorkshire Slip Ware Storage Vessel, dated 1783, inscribed through a faux slipped arched label, Best.Cofee, with 1783 slip trailed underneath, initialedW & A. S., on the reverse, on a transverse barrel formed body with terminal ends and open oval collar, raised on a high flared foot, the ends with fish scale slip trailed decoration, two floral motifs on the shoulder, 7¼” x 7.” Old chip to rim and foot, firing faults and glaze chips.
RPW00443 $5,500 Make an Offer
Very similar in shape to spirit barrels in pottery, porcelain, glass and silver of this period. For similar decorated pieces by the Baggaley family see the research of Peter Strong, Heritage Country Pottery. https://heritagecountrypottery.com
Large Slip Ware Decorated Earthenware Deep Bowl, 1780–1820, deep circular form with five pale slip trailed vertical zig-zag lines, 15¾“ x 5” deep. Three hairlines, firing chip & some wear of ages.
RPW00437 $4,000
