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Lot 130*
A Lowestoft sparrow beak jug Circa 1762.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,200
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Circa 1762.
Of pear shape, the scroll handle with spur thumbrest, painted in dark blue with the 'Chinese Tightrope Walker' pattern of a Chinaman balancing on a rope supported by scrollwork and pierced rocks beside trees and shrubs, the rim with 'berry' border, 8.1cm high (crack around upper handle terminal, tiny chip to spout)
Of pear shape, the scroll handle with spur thumbrest, painted in dark blue with the 'Chinese Tightrope Walker' pattern of a Chinaman balancing on a rope supported by scrollwork and pierced rocks beside trees and shrubs, the rim with 'berry' border, 8.1cm high (crack around upper handle terminal, tiny chip to spout)
Footnotes
For a similar example see the Zorka Hodgson Collection, sold in these rooms 10 September 2008, lot 141
