Portmeirion “Birds Of Britain” Pattern “Nightingale (Luscinia Megarhynchos)" Storage Jar

Portmeirion Storage Jar "Nightingale (Luscinia Megarhynchos)" from the "Birds Of Britain" Series 
Stoneware pottery with colour transfer printed design
Printed mark to base
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire, England
Circa 1978

Measures:-
13.2 cm high (with lid) x 9.5 cm diameter 

A good vintage wooden lidded jar in Portmeirion's popular  "Birds Of Britain" pattern incorporating early copperplate images after the Anglo-Irish naturalist Edward Donovan (1768–1837). These designs by Susan Williams-Ellis (1918-2007) were brought into production in 1978. The mark to the base indicates this to be from the era of first issue of the design.

Transfer printed mark to the base. Good condition. Minor age and use wear.