A large Fulham stoneware flagon or serving bottle, mid 19th century, of four gallon size, impressed

A large Fulham stoneware flagon or serving bottle, mid 19th century, of four gallon size, impressed inscription '335 George Dady Norwich' beneath the spout, the handle impressed with a 4, beneath that 'Fulham Stone Pottery Glazed Inside', 46cm.

Provenance: formerly the Jonathan Horne Collection.

George Dady was landlord of The Walnut Tree Shades pub in Norwich, and is listed as a wine and spirit merchant in directories of the 1850s. He died in a suspected suicide in 1859 at the age of 27, having been found drowned in a cistern after experiencing financial worries. His wife took over the pub but was killed the following year in a gunpowder explosion. Their two young children were rescued from the blast by a passing sailor and were cared for by their grandparents before being transferred to a London orphanage in 1865.