Prattware Pearlware Pitcher with Children in Heart-Shaped Reserve Circa 1795

Prattware pearlware pitcher of baluster form, relief-molded and painted in high-temperature underglaze blue, green, ochre and brown. The front with a heart-shaped reserve on a blue ground depicting two children, one holding a doll, beside a tree and plinth with a spotted dog at their feet, flanked by leafy swags. The neck with a band of ochre interlaced chain between blue stiff leaves and green dots; molded stiff-leaf border to the lower body; ochre lines to the rim and foot; scroll handle with green leaf terminal.
The children-and-doll reserve corresponds to the Prattware pattern known as "Sportive Innocence," produced in Staffordshire around 1790–1800 and often paired with the companion scene "Mischievous Sport".

Origin: England, probably Staffordshire
Date: Circa 1795
Dimensions: 7 1/4" H x 7 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D
Condition: Excellent with age-related wear.

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Dimensions
7.25 x 7.5 x 4.5 in