Collectable Vintage & Rare Small Pearsons Of Chesterfield Pottery Brownware Open Salt Pot Porcelain & Ceramics Wicker basket height: 3

Wicker basket height: 3

The lid requires a polish and has a few surface scratches due to use

Some Crown Staffordshire marks state that the firm was established in 1801 but this is only due to the fact that the Minerva Works which they acquired was a pottery firm dating back to 1801

The dish has age related crazing as well as discolouration and has two tiny chips underneath the rim

Collectable Vintage & Rare Small Pearsons Of Chesterfield Pottery Brownware Open Salt Pot Porcelain & Ceramics Wicker basket height: 3The Chesterfield area of England has an abundance of clay which bled to the establishment of a number of potteries with James Pearsons & Co becoming established among them in 1810 with the purchase of Whittington Pottery. The firm quickly became the largest and most successful producer in the area with the clay being best suited for brownware and stoneware, kitchen pots, jugs, bottles, dishes and jars. The firm became an Ltd in 1922 but closed