the globular body set over a low foot and rising to a short upright mouthrim, covered overall in an ivory glaze stopping neatly above the foot and painted in bold black strokes with a foliate scroll wrapping around the shoulder and sides, the unglazed foot a pale buff tone

Collection of George Patrick Joseph Crofts (1871-1925).
Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, acc. no. 918.21.474, from 1918 to 1969.

In overall good condition. An area of abrasion to the body. Surface wear and scratches throughout particularly to the mouthrim and body. Scratches to the clay body on base and foot.
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