James Arthur “Arty” Hartshorne, blue-glazed gorilla jar, front

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Lidded jar, perhaps a biscuit barrel; front.
Blue-glazed version.

Modelled as a gorilla’s head with lizard handles and a frog knop (handle). 

Mark:
 Hand-incised Salopian script mark with initials JAH of James Arthur Hartshorne
Height: 190mm / 7.5in
Date: c.1900–1910

Provenance: (1) R&S Edmundson Collection, UK (to 2015); (2) Private collection, UK


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