Vintage signed Charlotte Rhead pottery ginger jar / potpourrhi. Made by H.J. Wood Ltd Bursley Ware, England, and is pattern T.L. 4 Measures: just under 6 inches high. Coming from an esteemed collection of pottery and glass, this was sold to me as a potpourri jar, but I believe it is a ginger jar since t are no holes in the lid. Classic ginger jar shape with lid. The ground colour is pale blue mottled with grey - almost lilac. The surface has handpainted flowers in purple and pink with star-shaped bright yellow centres. A stylised foliage pattern in purple with yellow dots forms a band on the shoulders with parallel yellow bands on either side of it. This pattern is repeated on the slope of the lid. The foliage, main dome of the lid, tube-lining and ends are in a lustre glaze of soft gold - very gentle and pretty. The jar is marked underneath with Bursley-Ware Charlotte Rhead and England in handwritten script. The pattern number TL4 in brown over an O and impressed 44. The jar is in very good condition with no chips/cracks/damage/restoration of any sort to be found. NOTE:the correct date which is 1943-1960. Charlotte worked for wood & sons from 1912-1920s but none of her items were marked with her name,her name first appeared in 1926 when she worked for Burgess & Leigh. Status: For Sale Reference#: 3643 Condition: good Year: 1945 Title: CHARLOTTE RHEAD POTTERY GINGER JAR POTPOURRI WOOD BURSLEY

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