Description:

A Dutch shape milk jug, the red earthenware body is coated with a dark brown slip except for an oval cartouche beneath the lip which has a white slip ground within a gilt border.  The cartouche has a black bat print of a castellated building with a horse and figures in the foreground. There is additional gilding to the rim and handle.  

Description:

A Dutch shape milk jug, the red earthenware body is coated with a dark brown slip except for an oval cartouche beneath the lip which has a white slip ground within a gilt border.  The cartouche has a black bat print of a castellated building with a horse and figures in the foreground. There is additional gilding to the rim and handle.  

Print P271 is from the Landscapes Series.  Reference Drakard, David and Holdway, Paul. Spode Transfer Printed Ware, 1784-1833. Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collector's Club, Inc., 2002.