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GROG JARDINIERE, c.1820 |
£SOLD |
An unusual and quite rare early 19th Century Jardiniere. The buff clay body , coloured in the making has been decorated with a thick coating of grog. That is clay chips of different colours to give the surface a gravel look. Additional painted band of dark brown slip has been applied to the rim.
A very complex and unusual form of decoration.
Probably Staffordshire,circa 1800.
Height 5 inches, 13 cm.
Condition. A number of very minor hairlines, and one circular hairline near the base on the inner side. originally would have had a tray.
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