Three milk jugs, circa 1750-60
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Three milk jugs, circa 1750-60
Of pear shape with three paw feet, scrolled handles and sparrow beak spouts, applied in relief with fruiting vine, one in saltglaze, some of the white reliefs picked out in blue against the drab-coloured ground, 12.2cm high, another lead-glazed with tortoiseshell decoration, the reliefs picked out in gold, 13.5cm, the third in creamware with gilded highlights, 11.7cm high (all lacking covers, some damage) (3)
Sold for £875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The gilded creamware jug is illustrated by Roger Massey, Understanding Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware Re-Visited (2005), p16. The saltglaze jug is illustrated by Diana Edwards, The influence of Salt-Glazed Stoneware on Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware Re-Visited (2005), fig.3, p.148

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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