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
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.
