Lot 97
  • 97

A STAFFORDSHIRE EARTHENWARE LEAD-GLAZED CREAM-COLORED COFFEE POT AND COVER circa 1755-60

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • pottery
  • Height 9 1/2 in.
  • 24.1 cm
sprigged with Chinoiserie figures and various other motifs and sponged in manganese, yellow and green.

Provenance

The David and Charlotte Zeitlin Collection
Lindsay Grigsby, Richmond, Virginia

Condition

There is a two - pronged haircrack extending from at least six points just above the foot and extending approximately 3 inches horizontally in one direction and six inches in the other direction and around the body. The pronged haircrack is forking on one side and into a large crack onone of the branches, which extends up to the mid - section of the body.
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