Item 4463
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fantastic Blue and White Spongeware Staffordshire Water Pitcher.  
 
Dating to the early 19th century, this beauty features a Classic Form with Graceful Spout, Embossed Ring around the Shoulder, Bulbous Body, Pronounced Footer. Sweeping Handle with Embossed Trim and Thumb Grip, and Rich Dark Sponging Down to the Footer.    Measures 11" to the top of the handle.
 
Exceptional Condition. As made.  No damage of any kind.  Looks like it spent the last 200 years in a closet!  Typical shallow drying lines in the seams in the making: 1/4" where the handle meets the rim, and 2" on the front center seam and 1/2" on the footer at the seam (closeup).  
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE