LARGE BURLEIGH WARE 1940S "SALLY IN OUR ALLEY" HAND PAINTED JUG

THIS LARGE 24CM HIGH BURLEIGH WARE JUG NAMED, "SALLY IN OUR ALLEY", WAS DESIGNED BY ARTIST CHARLES WILKES AND ISSUED IN THE EARLY 1940S IN BURSLEM, ENGLAND.
 
THE JUG IS BEAUTIFULLY HAND PAINTED AND DEPICTS SALLY WALKING DOWN THE ROAD ARM IN ARM WITH HER LOVE IN AN OLD ENGLISH VILLAGE.
 
THE SONG THAT IS THE BASIS FOR THE JUG WAS A ROMANTIC BALLAD WRITTEN BY HENRY CAREY (1687-1743), AN ENGLISH POET, DRAMATIST AND SONGWRITER.  The song was set to music by Beethoven and Britten.IT TELLS THE STORY OF A SPIRITED BUT POOR GIRL WHO IS WAITING FOR HER LOVE'S SEVEN YEARS OF INDENTURED SERVITUDE (HE IS EVIDENTLY APPRENTICED TO A TRADESMAN) TO END SO THAT THEY CAN BE MARRIED.
 
DURING THE 1930S BURGESS AND LEIGHS BURLEIGH WARE RANGES BECAME VERY POPULAR. IT CAPTURED THE ART DECO STYLE WITH BRIGHT COLOURS AND BOLD SHAPES. STILL POPULAR TODAY AND AMONGST THE MOST RECOGNISABLE ARE THE JUGS WITH CHARACTER OR THEME SHAPED HANDLES.
 
MARKINGS: BURLEIGH WARE BURGESS & LEIGH LTD BEAHIVE EST 1851 BURSLEM ENGLAND
NOTE THE BEEHIVE MARK AND "EST 1851". THE BURGESS & LEIGH PARTNERSHIP STARTED C.1862.
THE DATE OF 1851 REFERS TO THE ORIGINAL COMPANY UNDER THE NAME HULME AND BOOTH.
THIS PRINTED MARK WAS INTRODUCED AROUND 1940 AND USED UNTILL 1960.
 
Size: 24,5CM HIGH 16CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 12CM DIAMETER
 
CONDITION:NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
BURLEIGH POTTERY (1851 present):
Burleigh Pottery (also known as Burgess & Leigh) is the name of a pottery manufacturer in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent.. The business specialises in traditionally shaped and patterned domestic earthenware of high quality.
The business was established in 1851 at the Central Pottery in Burslem as Hulme and Booth. The pottery was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess, and traded from that date as Burgess & Leigh. The trademark "Burleigh", used from the 1930s, is a combination of the two names.
Burgess and Leigh moved to different works, first in 1868 to the Hill Pottery in Burslem and then in 1889 to the present factory at Middleport.
Leigh and Burgess died in 1889 and 1895 respectively, and were succeeded by their sons, Edmund Leigh and Richard Burgess. On Richard's death in 1912, the business passed entirely into the ownership of the Leigh family.
The years between the wars are often regarded as the company's "golden age", with a number of extremely talented designers and artists such as Harold Bennett, Charles Wilkes and Ernest Baily. Perhaps the best known was Charlotte Read who worked here between 1926 and 1931.
After a run of financial difficulty, the company was sold in 1999 to the Dorling family, Rosemary and William Dorling, and traded as Burgess Dorling & Leigh. In 2010 it was acquired by Denby Holdings Ltd. They still operate from the Middleport factory and is the last surviving Victorian pottery factory in England.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE WONDERFUL BESWICK ENGLISH HANDPAINTED ROMEO AND JULIET MUG AND AN HJ WOOD TAVERN HANDPAINTED JUG ALSO ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.

REGARDING PAYMENT: PLEASE TRY TO PAY FOR YOUR ORDER WITHIN ONE WEEK OF PURCHASE.
IF YOU THINK YOU CANNOT PAY WITHIN ONE WEEK BUT STILL WANT TO BID ON THE ITEM PLEASE ARRANGE BY MESSAGE BEFOREHAND TO ARRANGE FOR ANOTHER PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT. THE FASTER YOU PAY THE FASTER I CAN SEND FOR YOU.
 
REGARDING SHIPPING: THESE ARE LARGE AND FRAGILE JUGS. PREFERABLY SHIPPING ON ITS OWN BUT IF BUYER WANTS TO COMBINE BY BUYING ALL THREE JUGS PLEASE CHOOSE THE COURIER OPTION AVAILABLE AND NOT POSTNET.