Relish or mustard pot, 3.875 inches high. Pale blue earthenware with black and yellow transfer decoration. A "meat pot" was registered on 18 August 1871 by F. & R. Pratt & Co. A pot the same shape as seen here, with A Wild Boar Hunt pattern is illustrated in Griselda Lewis' "A Collector's History of English Pottery," 1999 (pg. 169). On pg. 171, a 4-inch jar is illustrated with the same two color design of a boar hunt. Other hunting scenes are shown decorated in the same way as well as the figure of Shakespeare seated. The bottle is seen here with the left end of the wraparound pattern and the right end. A panorama shows the complete pattern with the men and dogs all coming in to kill the boar, seen in the center, having come out of the hollow tree in the back.

F. & R. Pratt made earthenware, terra cotta, and Rockingham ware. They were also famous for the manufacture of decorated pot lids. William Pratt was a master potter at Lane Delph (Fenton) who operated from around 1753 until his death in 1799. The business was continued by his widow with the help of her sons who eventually started up separate businesses in Fenton. Felix Pratt may have been in business with a William Coomer (business dissolved in Nov 1809). Felix Edward Pratt and Richard Pratt formed F. & R. Pratt and their brother John formed his own company eventually teaming up with William Pratt to form J. & W. Pratt.