Lot 72
  • 72

TWO STAFFORDSHIRE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE ENAMELLED SAUCEBOATS, CIRCA 1760

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • ceramics
  • lengths 6 1/2 in. and 7 in.
  • 16.5 cm and 17.8 cm
the first painted with colorful flowers and set on lion mask paw feet; the second molded in relief on either side with a foxglove surrounded with floral swags and picked out in pink, green, blue and yellow enamel.

Provenance

The first: Jonathan Horne Antiques, London

Literature

The first: Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles, cl. pl. 43, p. 62 and fig. 86, p. 92

Condition

The one on the left in the catalogue illustration: There is a minute pinhead chip to the nose of one lion (foot). Otherwise in good condition. The one on the right in the catalogue illustration: There is a minuscule chip to the tip of the lower terminal and two tiny chips to the rim edge.
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