Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 27 April 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 27 April 2026

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Lot 589: Sadler England Glazed Earthenware Anthropomorphic Onion Storage Jar and Cover

This auction ended on April 27, 2026.

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

Sold for: £8

A mid-20th century English earthenware onion storage jar and matching cover produced by James Sadler and Sons Ltd. The jar is fashioned in an anthropomorphic form with a bulbous body featuring a stylized face with large eyes and scrolling hair-like motifs in relief, flanked by two small scroll handles. The tapered lid is embossed with the word Onions. The piece is finished in a variegated treacle-brown glaze that pools in the recesses to accentuate the moulded details. The base is impressed with the factory mark SADLER ENGLAND.