Help with pitcher

[jtw1313]

Can anyone help with information on this pitcher. One side has what I think two men with animal legs with hooves carrying man in middle and other side kids on a donkey. Believe handle is a grape vine. Marked GE On Bottom

 

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[cw0909]

am I seeing it wrong the mule has 5 legs

 

[Red-Coat]

That’s Dionysus, the god of wine with his elder companion and tutor Silenus on one side and then the two of them, drunk, riding on a sheep supported by two satyrs on the other. That would be Greek mythology, with the Roman equivalents being Bacchus and Silvanus.

This design originated with Minton c.1831 but yours is a later copy from some other pottery. I don’t know the ‘GE’ mark off-hand, but it’s a poor quality copy and with poor definition. This is an original Minton (stoneware) piece, with a cursive ‘M’ on the bottom as the mark.

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks redcoat