19th Century Scottish Spongeware Pottery Single Handled Porringer

Beautiful Scottish pottery spongeware porringer from circa 1850-1880. - Beautiful decorative, naive print quality to three sponge-printed linked bands of decoration in dark blue (abstract form), dark green (diamonds), and light blue (daisy/flowers) on the flared/everted rim/lip. - Good antique condition and wear from utility since the mid 19th Century.   Spongeware glazes with staining and crackled glaze from use, two small hairline marks as shown in the images. - Flattened lip and single curved decorated handle, sitting on a small raised foot. - Dimensions: circa 4" tall and 5" wide.  - Unmarked to the base. A beautiful primitive vessel used for porridge or soup likely for rural farmworkers.  Porringers were commonly used for containing a wide variety of food and drinks such as bread, vegetables, and milk. *Horn spoon for scale & context only (not included in this listing)