AN UNUSUAL PEARLWARE CHURCH PRESENTATION JUG

Early 19th century
Of bulbous form with ribbed neck, inscribed in sepia beneath the spout `Prosperity attend the Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Gregorys' flanked on one side with a classical vase above the inscription ` In Silver; the gift at a Public Veftry to John Hoppe late Churchwarden' and on the other side a covered vase above the inscription ` The Cover was added a Second Very Large Publick Veftry', 20cm high