Here we have a covered bowl similar in form to the Gothic arch sugar bowls.  This is decorated with finely detailed flowers around the lid and a floral design around the side of the bowl.  The lid has a beaded decoration around the edge and below the rim on the bowl.  The lid also has four holes in it for ventilation.  The raised relief molding was executed in very fine detail.  The body was molded in two halves and joined to the base, which was separately molded, while the clay was still damp.  Likewise, the finial was then attached to the lid which was molded in one piece.  This would have been created by an extremely talented master potter who took great care in the fine molded details on this covered bowl.  The orange color of the clay indicates it was fired at a lower temperature than the similar sugar bowls.  In all my years of collecting, this is the only bowl like this I’ve ever seen or had the pleasure to own.  The bowl measures 6 ½” in width by 7” to the top of the finial.  The bowl and lid are in original mint condition with no damage or repairs.  To find a piece of yellow ware of this rarity is remarkable, let alone in this mint condition.  This does not appear in any of the books on collecting yellow ware.  This is an extremely rare and spectacular piece of early yellow ware for the advanced collector.