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Vivid Vintage Gaudy Welsh Pitcher Old Castle Gray's Pottery England
Impressive vintage pottery pitcher marked as made by Old Castle in England. This is a Gaudy Welsh pattern in vivid flow blue, red/pink, green & copper coloring on a white base, with a snake, serpent or dragon handle (we've seen this referred to under various animal names).
From some internet research, we believe this piece was made ca. 1920's-1960 by the Gray's Pottery company based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. We have read that the Old Castle mark was one of theirs, with them using it on certain types of pieces. Further, while this uses the type of 1800's Gaudy Welsh decoration, it appears these pieces were made during the period indicated, with around 1960 the latest date given the sale of the company around that time (and the changed name thereafter).
Measures about 4 9/16 inches greatest height, about 4 inches greatest outside width, and about 3 1/4 inches greatest depth to the octagonal or 8-sided bulbous base area. This piece weighs about 7.7 ounces unpacked.
We've provided 8 images to show all sides and some close-ups. Please note that the camera lighting causes white "hot spot" reflections on the smooth surfaces. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.
Lovely overall condition but does show some age/wear, not bad, but is not mint. There are no large chips, cracks or crazing. There are no chips on the pour spout....the green or dark dot areas you can see in the images are stray paint dots (please also note in the second image which shows the spout you can see a white area of dirt on some of the lower flow blue which has since been fully removed, we had washed this piece gently but had missed this dirt until seeing the images, sorry). The inside and outside are bright, colorful & clean. This does, however, have multiple tiny indents or round tiny chips on the underside base on which it sits (not unexpected, nothing to see on display).
There is top surface paint flaking/rubbed spots/mars in some areas. There is a spot on the outer handle which you can see in some of the images and mainly in the 7th image close-up on the brown area (this measures about 1/8 inch in size), as well as another much smaller area like this lower on this handle on the brown area on the same side. On the interior handle there is a white thick line type paint flaking spot about 3/16 inch in length (you can see this in the first image). Please note that in the 4th image showing the handle, most of the white you see on the brown is the camera light reflection spots. There are a few other tiny touches/dots of paint wear on the pitcher body, as well as spots that the paint was not darkly applied (as made). There are stray paint dots, some surface scratches, and likely other minor wear....but nothing unexpected for the age or really bad here, nor detracts from the wonderful look.
Would make an eye-catching piece on display.
Manufacturer: Old Castle Pottery
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