£250
A documentary Derbyshire saltglazed brown stoneware inkwell, Richard Evans' Ilkeston Pottery, dated 1845, of cylindrical form with three quill holes, sprigged with putti and impressed in printer's type G H, 86mm diam, incised Amos Potter Ilkeston August 2 1845
Amos Potter (1824-1850) was the son of John and Hannah (nee Street) Potter. On a census of 1841 he is recorded as residing at the Pottery where he was employed as a 'male servant', as was his brother John. At the time of Amos Potter's death, he was described as a 'traveller', i.e. salesman for Richard Evans
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