Hill Pottery Co. Porcelain Neo Classical Ewer c.1865 Triptolemus in a Winged Chariot

Height: 30cm (12 inches)

Modelled as a slim Oinochoai Greek Ewer with a narrow neck and high gilded looped handle. The orange ground body decorated with Transferware scenes inspired by Triptolemus preparing to depart in a winged chariot flanked by the goddesses Demeter and Persephone.

Hill Pottery Co. Burslem, Staffordshire, England, ca. 1861-67 formerly Samuel Alcock & Co.

For a Hill Pottery Co Neo Classical style vase in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum see:

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O344309/vase-hill-pottery-co/