possibly attributed to one of the Bell Family makers, early 19th century, lead glazed with yellow cream slip over body, alternating copper and manganese applied slip brush strokes around body of pitcher, ovoid form with tooled collared neck, tooled double fluted rim, wide ridged and fluted arched strap handle, 9 in.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
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Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
glaze voids and anomalies as made, wear and chips to clay and glaze on most of rim, abrasions in interior, 1 in. glaze void on shoulder as made, series of five glaze frits to lower body of jar, the largest being 1/2 in., glaze crackle, surface wear and abrasions and wear to slip decorations, 1-1/2 in. hairline up from base edge, 1/2 in. chip to base edge with other wear, wear to edge of handle with glaze chip, other handle wear, overall fair surviving condition
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