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Lot 147
A Lowestoft sparrow beak jug circa 1765
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £600 inc. premium
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circa 1765
The scrolled handle with thumbrest, painted in dark blue with the 'Tightrope Walker' or 'Boy on the Bridge' pattern, the small figures amongst scrolling vegetation and a willow tree, a 'scroll and flower' border below the rim, 8.3cm high (tip of spout restored)
The scrolled handle with thumbrest, painted in dark blue with the 'Tightrope Walker' or 'Boy on the Bridge' pattern, the small figures amongst scrolling vegetation and a willow tree, a 'scroll and flower' border below the rim, 8.3cm high (tip of spout restored)
Footnotes
For a coffee can with a slightly earlier version of the pattern, see Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft (1981), fig 81, p 70
