A near pair of Staffordshire white salt-glaze stoneware flower-pots and a smaller example, circa 1760

of campana form, the larger pots applied with four lion masks and swags of flowers, the smaller one applied with two lion masks, each with turned borders and raised on turned dome foot, 

Largest flower-pot; chip to footrim, approx. 1cm. by 0.75cm. Some losses to the the turned edges around the foot. Restored chip to outer rim. Middle size flower-pot; chip to footrim, approx. 2cm. by 1cm. chip to rim, approx. 0.5cm. by 0.3cm. Two minor glaze nicks to rim. Small flower-pot; two shallow chips to rim, the largest approx. 1cm. by 0.4cm.
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For the form see A.R. Mountford, The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware, 1971, pl. 83. A single example applied with lion masks and swags of flowers was sold Sotheby's London, 21st March 2000, lot 24.