Clementson - Beaded Band - TB - Posset with lid

Description

A beautiful and hard-to-find item.  A posset was defined by Oxford dictionary as a hot drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcoholic liquor and typically flavored with spices, drunk as a delicacy or as a remedy for colds.  It has been made for hundreds of years.

Item: Bowl (punch/posset)
Potter: Clementson Bros.
Location: Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s): 1870s
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: High-end
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Body Style: Beaded Band
Treatment: Copper Lustre
Motif: Teaberry
Finials: Arch - Circular
Adults/Child's Pieces: Adult
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Type of Mark:
Stamped/Printed