A pair of lead-glazed earthenware wall pockets, circa 1765


The flat backs pierced with two holes for suspension, the fronts moulded with a Green Man mask, his grinning mouth with teeth visible, a garland of ivy leaves in his hair and a dolphin head above him, a scrolled border below the shaped rim, 19.7cm long (2)
|The shape also occurs in saltglaze stoneware. Both earthenware and saltglaze examples are illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, The Henry H Weldon Collection (1990), p.245