A large slip decorated earthenware ewer and pancheon.

Buckley pottery, North Wales c1880

Ewer 17” high x 12” wide / 43cm high x 30cm wide £480

Pancheon 17½” diameter x 8” high / 44.5cm diameter x 20cm high £400

(ewer with chipped rim & pancheon with crack)

Buckley in Flintshire, North Wales was a centre for pottery manufacture for centuries having a good supply of clay, coal and lead – all key components for making pottery.

See ‘Country Pottery – Traditional Earthenware of Britain’ by Andrew McGarva, published by A & C Black London 2000

(Pancheon – A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.)