Lovely Bursley Ware Water Pitcher & Jam Pot - F, Rhead

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Up for auction today is a pitcher and jam pot made by Bursley Ware of England. They are shown in a design by English potterer Frederick Rhead called "Floretta". The bottoms of both pieces have the brown Bursley Ware stamp in the shape of a shield , which includes pattern number of 1542 on the top and the registration number of 751076 on bottom. My reference books shows this as pattern number 2542, but these pieces are clearly marked 1542. The reference book also describes this pattern as "Naturalistic sprays of apple blossom painted on-glaze. The backstamp on these pieces is backstamp #7 which dates them to around 1929 or so. This pattern can be found in the collector's book Collecting Rhead Pottery , by Bernard Bumpus, on page 43, plate 29. These two pieces are in beautiful condition having no chips, cracks or repairs. The large milk/water pitcher measures an impressive 4 5/8" to the tallest part of the jug and measures 7 3/4" from end of handle to tip end of spout. I hope the pictures are not deceiving of this pitcher, as it is quite substantial in size and will hold a full 3 cups of liquid. The jam pot measures 3 1/2" with an opening diameter of 2 1/2". It has even crazing throughout but no dark staining. The lid of this set is silver plated and is marked EPNS. It is in good condition and only needs a good polishing. The jam spoon is marked Stainless Chromium Plate, Sheffield, England. It is also in good condition, though I doubt it is original to this set. Please take a moment to look at all of my pictures below of this set. It really is lovely and the cobalt blue color around the rim is really lovely, as are the jeweled handpainted apple blossoms. On the jug, you can see that each of the four feet have a raised leaf design on them similar to the one on the handle. The way this particular glaze was applied has caused it to have a caramel effect around the raised areas over the years. This is more evident on the jug as it has the raised areas. Please notice this in the pictures as it is such a nice effect. T is a postage calculator at the bottom so that you may calculate your postage. I do not charge any handling fees and charge only what post office charges to send the box to you. I will also take great care in packaging your item so that it reaches you without any damage, so please bid with confidence. I hope that you will check out my other auctions as I am listing other Shelley items this week, as well as several Frederick Rhead Art Pottery pieces and will gladly combine postage for multiple purchases. If you do win more than one auction, please wait for an invoice from me as the automatic postal calculations seem to always be more than actual postage. I will send you an invoice shortly after auctions. I feel I need to add this clause to my auctions as t was an attempt made by some other party (a thief) to send one of my bidders a second chance offer on a Shelley vase I had up on auction a few weeks ago and the buyer contacted me right away on it, but please be aware that I RARELY send out Second chance offers and if I were to do this, I would go through ebay, so please check any offers any of you get of this kind from ANY seller as the thieves are rampant out t now and sadly, they are getting to many, so please be careful with scams you get through your emails. Please email any questions you have and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for viewing my auctions and Good Luck to you! read more

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