A Carlton Ware 'Tiger tree' jug, 1938-1941, pattern 4241, the barrel form jug with a gilded bracket handle and a waisted base, beautifully decorated with a green gnarled black tree trunk with pendant foliage, gilt tracery and enamelled blooms in emerald and sea green, blue and orange upon a lustrous rouge ground; the interior in nephrite green lustre; backstamps and painted marks underside. Height 14.5 cm