Antique John Maddock & Sons Covered Jar, Yellow Poppies and Autumn Leaves, Royal Vitreous, 12"

Yellow poppies, one wide open and two still curling, on long brown stems with jagged leaves gone to autumn colors and little sprays of red berries in between. The lid carries two more poppies on either side of a molded leaf-and-stem handle, picked out in gold.

It came out of Staffordshire in the 1880s or early '90s as the covered jar of a bedroom washstand set, and it was meant to look good doing a plain job. These days the jobs are better. Maybe kindling by the hearth. Maybe the dog's biscuits in the mudroom, lid on. Maybe a big armful of dried hydrangeas with the lid kept on a shelf.

It doesn't just hold things. It makes the corner it sits in look furnished on purpose.

Transfer-printed white ironstone covered jar in brown with hand-applied yellow and red, with a molded arch band around the shoulder, two knob handles with gilt starbursts, and a gilt leaf-and-stem handle on the lid. Printed marks on the base: "John Maddock & Sons, England, Royal Vitreous" under a crown, a mark Maddock used c. 1880–1896, and a second mark, "W.C. Hendrickson & Co., Decorated Pottery." 12" tall with the lid. Gilt worn on the lid rim, handles and transfer edges, a few small brown spots in the glaze, light staining inside on the bottom, and grime and small chips on the unglazed foot rim, shown in the photos.

For the hearth, the mudroom, or anyone whose storage should look this good. #followthefeeling @tallmadge_ave_vintage

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