Shape Type: Toilet & Personal Hygiene

Pattern Type: Animals

Date: 1825-1830

Dimensions:

  • Height: 11.00 in (27.94 cm)

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons

Description:

An earthenware ewer printed in blue with the Ferret pattern.  It is part of the Sporting Series by Enoch Wood & Sons.  Each item in the series shows a hunted or hunting animals. Here the hunter is a ferret who is used by a rat catcher. The man's sash displays rats along with a crown. He may be a royal rat catcher!  This is one of the rarer patterns in the series.  To view other patterns in the Sporting Series click here.

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