Collectors wise to owl rarity

Back in 1990, following a famous and much-repeated Henry Sandon valuation on BBC Antiques Roadshow, a late 17th century slipware owl jug and cover was acquired by the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent for £22,000.

Ozzy the Owl – as it is today affectionately known – is one of only a handful of survivors made in…

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