Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box modern painting ) Quite a thing for

) Quite a thing for sure

both referring to the brown glaze which originated at Rockingham Pottery in England and then was most famously employed at Bennington Pottery in Vermont

To my eye it is a beautiful thing formally

with very very minimal spotting/wear to the photos and no damage to the hand-carved frame

Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box modern painting ) Quite a thing forI've found it difficult to determine exactly when and where the term Jackstraws was used to refer to these vs. spillikins I've had a few sets very very similar to these, with the only difference being the name printed on the box. I think quite possible these were made in England for an American audience, where Jackstraws seems to have been the more common name. Whatever the case, a lovely set, near complete I think, with some hand colored birds and