English creamware pottery pitcher named and dated John Lees and Wife 1782

Reference: 6109

Dated: 1782 Yorkshire England

Creamware pottery pitcher of good proportion with a hand painted scene of John Lees and his wife seated around a table drinking tea, John is smoking a long stemmed pipe. The pitcher is inscribed JOHN LEES AND WIFE 1782 . The reverse of the jug is decorated with a Chinese Pagoda with trees and plants. Attributed to Leeds Pottery Yokshire, the base has the name in script "Dyson Jo" .

Dimensions: 8.00 inch wide 8.50 inch high 6.00 inch deep

Medium: creamware pottery ceramic earthenware

Current Condition Feint hairlines at rim and restored tip of spout.

Provenance: Private Collection London

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