British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 30 Apr 2024
A William Reid blue and white jug, c.1756-58, the barrel shape painted with low buildings and a
A William Reid blue and white jug, c.1756-58, the barrel shape painted with low buildings and a smoking kiln chimney in an island landscape, a sailing boat to one side, the interior rim with a formal design, the spout with rare scrolled moulding, a rim section broken out and repaired, 17.7cm.
Cf. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Volume 18, Part 1, Maurice Hillis, William Reid & Co. Liverpool, p.70, pl.33 for a shard of this spout. At the time the article was written (2002) no extant examples with this spout were recorded.


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