Charles Brannam, Barnstable - Rare mid Victorian dated slipware pottery jar and cover, the domed cover with six spokes and button finial, the ovoid body having slipware decoration of a Wyvern, a sea serpent and a swan or similar, incised beneath Ch. Brannam, Barnstable Pottery Aug 13/79 [1879], 26cm high Condition: general rubbing to cover including to edges of finial. General flaking to rim of body, a few flake losses and rubs to edges of slipware decoration, some surface scuffing, kiln inclusions, glaze pops etc but no cracks or restoration. **General condition consistent with age