Love Not Sleep, 19 C. Sunderland Tranferware Crock with Hand-painting, Unusual Form anonymous artist This hide shows some age

This hide shows some age but is this mask is in excellent

but with the first name painted over in black so only the last name

but I love the silhouette

Just as the box attests

with what I believe is a pretty recently done matte around it

Love Not Sleep, 19 C. Sunderland Tranferware Crock with Hand-painting, Unusual Form anonymous artist This hide shows some ageI look at a fair bit of earlyish 19th c. transferware, but it's a rare occasion to come across a transferware pot crock like this one. I am 99% certain this one was made by Sunderland, England, and I believe once has a lid, long gone. The short verse on one side is pretty unusual too I read it as basically saying 'do not be lazy!' On the flip side is a blindfolded man flanked by two women and floundering around as if in a game of blind mans bluff and