AN ENGLISH SGRAFFITO SLIPWARE DATED AND INSCRIBED HARVEST JUG

AN ENGLISH SGRAFFITO SLIPWARE DATED AND INSCRIBED HARVEST JUG
DATED 1807, PROBABLY BARNSTAPLE, NORTH DEVON
With pinched spout and scroll sgraffito slip decoration of a radiating sunburst, flanked by flowering plants with the inscription 'Despise me not/because I'm small/but fill me often/till please you/all/Ann Perkin/1807' within a circular cartouche, the neck with stiff-leaf and incised scroll-ornament
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high