Jug from a dinner service

Jug - a small faience jug in the shape of a tapering upward cylinder, with a shallowly turned spout. There is a handle on the axis of the spout, resembling a flattened letter "C". It is situated in the middle of the height of the body. On both sides of the jug there is the same two-colour composition, depicting a conventional symmetrical bouquet of poppies, extending almost the full height of the vessel. It consists of 5 flowers (petals in burgundy-red, leaves, and stems in dark green, stylised in the spirit of moderate Art Nouveau). The flowers are arranged in three tiers, except that the tallest, topping the stem, is oddly shaped and displayed from the front, while the other four poppies, which form two pairs, are depicted from the side. The composition also includes a pair of dormant buds on long stems which, together with a centrally placed flower, complete the bouquet. A brown border runs down around the foot and up around the edge. The back of the handle is decorated with a long brown notched leaf, applied via a stencil. On the underside of the foot, there are two green marks in stamped print. One is the manufacturer's signature, depicting an anchor in an oval, with the inscription S. B. and S/ENGLAND underneath. Next to it is the signature of the London store: SOUTH AUDLEY ST./T GOODE CO/ LONDON. W. Next to the first of these signatures there are two other marks, both indicating the numeral "2". One handwritten in burgundy - this is the flower painter’s mark. The other - printed in black. 

Joanna Kluz