British, 19th century, salt glazed brown stoneware with impressed "Mrs. Roberts Barrel Inn" and "Bagworth/ 1849", sprig decorated with British Royal Arms, buildings and agricultural implements, grapevine border at shoulder, signed on bottom "Made By John Bacon At Bradley Pottery 1849", 16 in.Note: For more information on this pitcher, John Bacon and Bradley Pottery please see: www.chipstone.org/article.php/195/Ceramics-in-America-2005/John-Bacon:-Prince-of-Stoneware-Potters?Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition
several large cracks at bottom extending through body, large old chip at rim near handle, minor losses and cracks to sprigged decoration, scattered wear and abrasions