A COFFEE CAN, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM LITTLER FOR WEST PANS
CIRCA 1770
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue on white, painted mark to base; together with a PORTOBELLO POTTERY (ATTRIB.) JUG, printed blue on white with opposed scenes of Inveraray Castle, unmarked (2)
Dimensions
can 6cm high, jug 14.5cm high
Footnote
Note: The West Pans Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1764 and produced a wide range of tablewares as well as figures until 1777. These are often characterised by the use of distinctively bright cobalt blue decoration and by a blue mark under the glaze of crossed 'L's, thought to correspond to the proprietor William Littler and his wife Jane. Littler resurfaced at West Pans four years after his bankruptcy following the failure of the Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory.