This massive French c.1850 pottery harvest jug measures 15½in (39.5cm) high. The pottery is decorated with ‘marbled’ slipware and the piece is offered at £2000 by Robert Young.
This c.1840 American oval lidded twinhandled treenware ‘tureen’ features a spreading foot, finely moulded body and gadrooned finial. Paint decorates richly patinated maple and it measures 13in (33cm) wide. It is available from Robert Young priced in the region of £5000.
Recent exhibitions at London institutions such as the Modigliani show at Tate Modern may well have contributed to rising interest in folk art.