ANTIQUE ROYAL DOULTON SKATING SERIES SCENE CREAMER MILK PITCHER 1907-1928

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ANTIQUE ROYAL DOULTON SKATING SERIES SCENE CREAMER MILK PITCHER 1907-1928 :
$19.99

THIS ROYAL DOULTON MADE IN ENGLAND CREAMER OR MILK PITCHER IS ONE OF THE PIECES OF THE \"A SKATING SCENE\" SERIES THAT WAS MADE 1907-1928. THE SCENE ON THE PITCHER IS VERY CHARMING AND HAS FIVE MALE FIGURES SKATING (THREE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN). ONE OF THE MEN IS BEING PUSHED ALONG BY A CHILD WHO IS SMILING WHILE THE MAN LOOKS DISMAYED AND IS CLUTCHING A CANE IN ONE HAND. ONE MAN IS SKATING ALONE AND APPEARS QUITE JOLLY. THE LAST SCENE HAS A MAN WHO LOOKS VERY STARTLED WITH HIS HAT FLYING OFF WHILE A CHILD IS GREATLY AMUSED BY THE SITUATION. THE MAN APPEARS TO INEXPLICABLY HAVE A BIRD PEERING AROUND HIS COAT, BUT I BELIEVE IT MUST BE A CANE HEAD. THE PITCHER IS BOTH HALLMARKED AND NUMBERED. THE NUMBER BEGINS WITH A \"D 186_\" (I CANNOT MAKE OUT THE LAST NUMBER AND THEN THERE IS A NUMBER \"1\" BELOW THAT. THE HALLMARK IS THE LION ON CROWN WHICH WAS IN USE 1902-1922 AND WOULD MAKE THIS PITCHER FALLING INTO THE RANGE OF 1907-1922. THE PITCHER IS OF THE HOLBEIN DESIGN, WHICH IS OCHRE IN COLOR AND WITH THE GREEK KEY BORDER. IT MEASURES 4 7/8 INCHES TALL, IS 2 3/4 INCHES ACROSS THE BASE AND 3 INCHES ACROSS THE TOP. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 INCHES FROM HANDLE TO SPOUT. THE PLATES IN THIS SERIES HAVE THE LEGEND \"PRYDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL\".THERE IS HEAVY CRAZING THROUGHOUT AS ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM A PIECE OF THIS AGE. THERE IS ONE CHIP AT THE BASE OF THE PITCHER THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY OLD AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE PITCHER. THERE ARE NO RIM CHIPS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE HANDLE OR THE BODY OF THE PITCHER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHIP AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PIECE IN THE BLACK RIM AREA THAT CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. DISPLAYS VERY WELL. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE GLAZE HAS DARKENED THROUGHOUT THE PIECE, AGAIN WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT DUE TO THE AGE. THERE IS ALSO ONE SPOT WHERE THE CLEAR GLAZE IS ROUGH WHERE IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE WHEN IT WAS FIRED. THIS SPOT IS DIRECTLY UNDER THE BLACK ENCIRCLING THE RIM ON THE GREEK KEY BORDER. IT DOES NOT INTERRUPT THE PATTERN, BUT IS ROUGH TO THE TOUCH. I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE UNTIL I EXAMINED THE PIECE FOR THIS sale. I HAVE ENJOYED THIS PITCHER FOR MANY YEARS, BUT AM CURRENTLY DOWNSIZING. PLEASE EXAMINE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.