Art pottery made by Benthall Pottery, at Benthall, near Broseley, Shropshire
Lidded jar, perhaps a biscuit barrel; side.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 HartshorneHeight: 190mm / 7.5inDate: c.1900–1910
Provenance: (1) R&S Edmundson Collection, UK (to 2015); (2) Private collection, UK