This
is a fairly large mottled green Burleigh Ware bowl with the "hive and
leaves" backstamp dating it to the 1930s. It is a beautiful shape and is
free from nicks, cracks and chips. The only fault is with the glaze,
which seems to have run and pooled in the bottom somewhat and is
uneven on one side of the pedestal part, prompting me to think this is
possibly a production second. I live near The Potteries and I see a lot
of perfectly good items with small glazing faults - just enough to keep
them from general sale, factory second shop or export and it is
reasonable to surmise they may have been passed on to pot bank workers
in lieu of being scrapped. A little bit of social history perhaps? It is
nevertheless still a smart looking bowl.
26cm x 6cm
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