Antique English 18th Century English Brown Stoneware Puzzle Jug Nottingham 1706 Sculpture 5 cm X 82 cm

5 cm X 82 cm

very often these feet have been reduced as these early chests would rest on stone floors and water would be used to wash the floor

the chrome base of globular form and standing on a large circular foot

Samuel Bird was well known for his coastal scenes

His work attracted the attention of Alexander Cowie

Antique English 18th Century English Brown Stoneware Puzzle Jug Nottingham 1706 Sculpture 5 cm X 82 cmA rare antique English Queen Anne period salt glazed stoneware puzzle jug, Nottingham, dated 1706. A rare example of very early 18th century English vernacular pottery, a whimsical puzzle jug made of local Nottingham clay and salt glazed. The top with three spouts mouthpieces & a strap handle connected to a pierced top with circular & triangular motifs with a globular baluster shaped body below & raised on a flared foot. The globular body is decorated