English Prattware Water Bottle for Birds

Stock No: HC0238

Height:  5.3 Inches / 13 cm

Reference: Myrna Schkolne Holding the Past (The William Herbert & Nancy Hunt Collection), Page 235, Fig 238

Price: $900.00*

This exceptional quality c1810 rare water bottle decorated in an underglaze Pratt ware palette was intended for use in an early nineteenth century aviary. The classical sprigged motifs on it attest to the decorative significance of what would today be considered a utilitarian object. For another see Lewis, Pratt Ware 1780-1840, 243. Made in Yorkshire or Staffordshire circa 1800. Height 5.3”. A remarkable rare survivor of English pottery

See Schkolne, Holding the Past: the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of English Pottery, page 235.

Current Condition: Good unrestored clean condition.

Provenance: Retains the label of the Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection

* No import duty for US customers