A rare Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware chocolate pot c.1750

A rare Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware chocolate pot c.1750, of possible Jacobite significance, the spout moulded with a figure sitting astride it, perhaps emblematic of Charles II hiding in the oak tree, with a further figure ascending to the spout from blue rockwork issuing large peony sprays, the reverse with two further figures sharing a goblet, restored, the cover lacking, 17cm high.

Provenance: from a private collection near London.