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Antique 1840s Era Staffordshire Blue White Transferware Pitcher Jug Pagoda Chinoiserie
IProduct Type: Pitcher / Jug / Large Ewer
Era: Victorian (Circa 1840–1860)
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Material: Earthenware / Ironstone
Color: Rich Cobalt Blue and Creamy White
Pattern: Chinoiserie / Oriental Landscape with Pagoda
Condition: Excellent Antique Condition being 160-180 years old.
Up for purchase is a beautiful, authentic 19th-century English Staffordshire blue and white transferware pitcher, dating to approximately the 1840s. This stunning piece features a highly detailed, panoramic Chinoiserie landscape displaying a traditional pagoda, a stylized sailboat, rolling hills, and rich oriental foliage wrapping seamlessly around the contoured body.The craftsmanship is typical of high-quality early Victorian earthenware, showcasing a flared, scalloped rim, a decorative molded shoulder ridge, and an elegant, molded acanthus-leaf style handle featuring an integrated thumb rest.
Exquisite Interior Details:Unlike simpler everyday jugs, this premium piece is beautifully decorated on the inside. A large, vibrant blue transfer-printed floral bouquet cascades down the inner spout, perfectly framed by a continuous scrolling Rococo ribbon border that runs along the entirety of the inner rim.
Condition & Restoration Note: This beautiful pitcher is in excellent aesthetic condition, but a thorough blacklight inspection has revealed an expert antique restoration on portion of the handle. There is a clean, tight professional repair line near the top arch that has been beautifully blended and overpainted. It is entirely stable, structurally sound, and completely invisible under normal viewing light, but is mentioned here for absolute transparency. Selling as seen in pictures.
Body & Glaze: Excellent antique condition. Free of major chips, structural cracks, does have[ some glaze wear. The interior basin is clean and free of heavy mineral build-up or deep vertical fractures. It features light, natural age-related glaze crazing and tiny, minor underglaze factory specks typical of 180-year-old porous earthenware.Markings: The underside is largely unmarked—common for utilitarian Staffordshire export wares of this era. It features a faint, authentic, factory underglaze blue tally mark (appearing to be the numbers 2 and 4 or 0) near the foot rim, which was used internally by the 19th-century potter to track production pieces. Protective felt pads have been carefully applied to the unglazed foot rim.This is an exceptional survivor and a gorgeous focal piece for any collection of romantic Staffordshire transferware, antique ironstone, or classic blue and white home decor.
It measures 9 3/4\" from spout to end of handle x 5\" round at base x 10 1/2\" to top of handle.
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