A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENGLISH BROWN STONEWARE DATED PUZZLE JUG 1741 |

probably London, sprigged with an oval panel molded with a harbor scene entitled PORTO:BELLO flanked by the incised name 'Jos=', 'Puttock' above the date '17=41', the slender neck pierced with two bands of stylized foliate devices beneath three short spouts at the rim, the loop handle applied with raised rosettes.

The front spout with a chipped lower section. The handle probably lacking an applied flower head at lower terminal, associated to production.
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