Love Not Sleep, 19 C. Sunderland Tranferware Crock with Hand-painting, Unusual Form dramatic his focus was on the

his focus was on the Redwood forests and hills

Such a wonderfully carved

and to turn the clown's hand-painted head upside down if desired

and shining rather like liquid gold in the light

just adding to the effect

Love Not Sleep, 19 C. Sunderland Tranferware Crock with Hand-painting, Unusual Form dramatic his focus was on theI look at a fair bit of earlyish 19th c. transferware, but it's a rare occasion to come across a transferware pot crock like this one. I am 99% certain this one was made by Sunderland, England, and I believe once has a lid, long gone. The short verse on one side is pretty unusual too I read it as basically saying 'do not be lazy!' On the flip side is a blindfolded man flanked by two women and floundering around as if in a game of blind mans bluff and