English Large Red-Glazed Engine-turned Bird-spout Coffee Pot & Cover, Staffordshire,

Circa 1770

(Ref: VM60028)

The large redware bulbous-form coffee pot and cover are decorated with alternating designs of diagonal-reed engine-turned decoration of zig-zag lines and wavy lines.

 The spout is in the form of a bird's head. The body is glazed with a deep red shiny glaze.  The tip of the spout has an old break to the upper part of the bird's beak which has been invisibly repaired and there was a chip on the cover also invisibly repaired.

Dimensions: 10 inches high x 8 inches x 5 inches deep.

Mark: Small square Pseudo-Chinese impressed mark.

Provenance: Paper Label for the Cheetham Collection, Ref E12.

Reference: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, Major Cyril Earle T.D.,  pages 22-23 # 37 for almost identically shaped coffeepot and design.