Stoneware Flat Sided Spirit Barrel SB13

Original, quality early to mid 19th century coffee coloured, fully glazed flat sided spirit barrel. This unusual example has a Royal Coat of Arms to the front in deep relief, and a wide band of embossed bunches of grapes on the vine to the upper and lower body sections. The front is impressed for the maker of the barrels "S. Melsom Potter Bristol". Minor chips to the base otherwise complete and in good order.