Grays Pottery Foxhunting Pitcher or Small Jug, Stoke on Trent, England, Equestrian Decor, Foxhunter, Horses, Horse store Gifts

- vintage Gray's Pottery foxhunting pitcher or jug
- made in Stoke-on-Trent, England
- features hand painted images of a huntsman riding his horse and leaping a hedge on a creamy white background
- rare and unique decorative piece
- minor signs of age in the copper lustre just adds to the patina
- no chips, cracks or repairs
- stamped on the bottom with the maker's mark, store location of origin, and artist's number A8522K
- the maker's mark identifies this pitcher to be made between 1933 and 1950
- size: 4 1/4 inches tall; 5 1/2 inches tip of spout to edge of handle

About Gray's Pottery

Gray's Pottery was started by Albert Edward Gray (1871-1959) in Stoke-on-Trent, England in 1907. Hand-decorated patterns were the very essence of the majority of the thousands of designs produced during the firm's existence. He launched a production operation in Hanley in 1912. Gray's was a small pottery compared to its nearby competitors but its 1930s' slogan ‘The Pottery of Distinction' rang true. Their range was massive, all from a firm that manufactured for a mere 50 years, including the severely disruptive periods of two world wars. By the 1950s hand-painting, as practiced by the likes of Gray's Pottery, was rapidly disappearing. By 1962 a new back stamp was introduced and the name Gray's Pottery no longer existed.

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