Object Number: N6627

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: posset pot & cover

Description: Tin-glazed earthenware posset and cover. It has a depressed bulbous body on a footrim, it is short and has a wide neck. There are two scrolled S handles of round section; an S-form spout and the lower part is engaged. It has a domed cover with a flat flange and a mushroom knop with a thick stem. It is painted in a blue outline with two shades of blue wash, on an off-white glaze. On the body is a figure seated in a garden. The figure is seated by a vase of flowers and there is a figure dancing. On the neck is a band of vertical strokes alternating with a squared U form. There are dashes on the spout and handles. On the cover is a standing figure with arching branches and a trellis and blue dashes on the rim and a stylised flower form on the knop.