Four Staffordshire Pearlware Jugs, Late 18th/Early 19th Century

Property from a Martha's Vineyard Collection

Four Staffordshire Pearlware Jugs

Late 18th/Early 19th Century

each of Pratt-type, one molded and decorated with a heart-shaped cartouche personifying "Mischievous Sport" and "Sportive Innocence"; 

one with a continuous scene illustrating the Grey Goose nursery rhyme of Old Mother Slipper-Slopper;

one, a full-bodied "Shooting" jug molded with a continuous hunting scene;

and another depicting a "Gretna Green Marriage" ceremony

Height of tallest 6 7/8 in.

17.5 cm