Two Staffordshire Redware Engine Turned Punch Pots

England, circa 1760-1770s, unglazed redware, both featuring fine engine turned wave decoration to the body, spout, and lid, with a matching coggled pattern to the applied handle, the larger of cylindrical form (8 x 12 1/2 x 7 in.); the shorter of bulbous form impressed key character mark to the pot underside (7 x 11 3/4 x 7 in.).

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

Acquired from the Collection of Robert Hunter

Literature: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, Major Cyril Earle T.D., pgs 22-23, #36.

A Passion of Pottery, Further Selections from The Henry H. Weldon Collection, Peter Wilson and Par Halfpenny, pg. 220, #146.


Both with chipping to spout tip; taller with crack and repair to spout tip, and small shallow chip to upper rim; the bulbous form with small chips to lid rim and fitter rim.