A fine and fairly large studio pottery jug by leading British potter Jim Malone. Stoneware. Incised decoration. Wood ash glaze overlaid with a creamy high-silica nuka-type glaze. Potter's marks (personal mark and "A" for Ainstable") to the foot, partially glaze-filled. Dimensions (approximate): 31cm x 19cm x 18cm. Very good condition and as new, but there is a narrow, non-penetrating and partially-glaze filled firing crack to the underside of the top of the handle (see photos). Hopefully priced accordingly. Otherwise a very good example. Jim Malone is one of the leading post-Leach British potters and there is a widely held view that his stoneware jugs and pitchers are the best of his generation.