A Staffordshire Creamware 'Fruit Basket' Coffee or Hot Water Pot and Cover, c. 1765-70, of baluster form with an upwards beak-like spout, doubled-scrolled handle and a flower finial to a domed cover, underglaze colours of green, brown, and yellow to a press molded body with fruits and leaves to a reeded ground, ht. 9 1/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance Christie's, 18 May 2005, lot 104 Similar examples have been attributed to various production sites, including William Greatbatch. David Barker and Pat Halfpenny (1990, Unearthing Staffordshire, p.55) discuss the attribution of this jug, making a case for Thomas Whieldon owing to the finding of matching sherds at his factory site in Fenton Vivian. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing