A large glazed earthenware pitcher by Merric Boyd, dated 1948, of loosely formed baluster shape on a flaring foot, the handle as a stylized tree trunk, the exterior modelled in low relief and decorated in grey on the cream ground with windswept trees in a landscape, the interior drip-glazed in green, incised signature underside 'Merric Boyd / 1948', 23 cm high, 19 cm wide