Description:
One of two English creamware circular, ovoid-shaped bowls with covers, or comports, possibly made by Neale and Co., which may have formed the centerpiece of a dessert table. Operated by Humphrey Palmer (d.1778) from about 1759, the Church Works pottery in Hanley was taken over by James Neale (1739/40-1814) in 1778 and managed by Robert Wilson (d.1801); Wilson was a partner by 1783 and bought out Neale by 1792, operating the pottery by himself. His son, David Wilson took over the firm on his father's death operating until 1820, after which it was absorbed by Phillips and Bagster and in 1830 by the Ridgway firm. The domed lid has a 'fir apple' finial over a molded basketweave pattern, and a pierced, arched gallery border around the rim with a cut-out notch rim for the insertion of a serving spoon. The bowl has a double-walled construction, and the same molded basketweave pattern on the bowl and high spreading foot, both of which have pierced, arcaded panels around their rims.
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