SILVER LUSTRE PITCHER FARMERS ARMS and NAMED.

Reference: 5233

Dated: c. 1820 England

English pearlware pottery pitcher with underglaze transfers of agricultural farming themes.
The jug is also decorated with silver luster.

EXHIBITION.....IF THESE POTS COULD TALK.

This jug would have been produced at the height of the wars with Napoleon.
The war placed serious strain on the country's food supply and there was a reliance on the British farmers to deliver. The importance of the farmers was greatly acknowledged by the people of Great Britain and slogans and motifs relating to the agricultural community grew denoting the publics respect. Many pieces with legends such as God Speed the Plough, Success to the Farmer and the Farmers Arms emblem were constantly used on many items of pottery. This jug is such a piece. It is interesting to see that the pitcher also bears the name of two women, this is a most unusual occurence and I have never seen this produced before. Who knows the story of these two ladies? Were they tending the land whilst thier husbands were fighting the French, did they jointly own a farm, were they sisters? Questions impossible to answer and one can only speculate what these ladies would think of us looking at their jug today nearly 200 years later.

Dimensions: 6.50 inch high

Provenance: PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW YORK USA.

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