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Lot 293

A Staffordshire 'Martha Gunn' Toby jug, circa 1810

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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A Staffordshire 'Martha Gunn' Toby jug, circa 1810

Modelled seated and holding a foaming jug and a cup, her dress sprigged in blue, red and yellow and trimmed with a sea green collar, her black hat worn over a pale blue mob cap, the base picked out in bright green, 26.4cm high

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A British Private Collection

Martha Gunn was the most famous of the Brighton 'dippers', responsible for assisting the bathers on Brighton beach. Her notoriety was due to her reported friendship with the Prince of Wales who first visited the town in 1783.

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