Artist: Unknown; Date(s): 1817; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, posset pot, throwing, earthenware, thrown, with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928 [GL.C.51-1928]
Description: Posset pot. Earthenware with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze. Lower part of pot and base unglazed. Bulbous body with wide flaring mouth and four loop handles (one missing). Round the top the inscription: 'A Present for Thomas Bryan's Wife April 16th 1817'. Below, between the handles, a spray of flowers and rough interlaced or other designs.