GROUP OF STAFFORDSHIRE LEAD-GLAZED CREAM-COLORED EARTHENWARE TEA AND COFFEE WARES CIRCA 1765-70

Comprising a large bowl, a slop bowl applied with a trailing flowering branch, a footed milk jug, a sugar bowl and cover, two teabowls and saucers, a coffee cup and saucer applied with flower sprays and another coffee cup. 12 pieces.

The large bowl and a coffee cup: Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Jim and Nancy Dine, October 20, 1997, lot 41.
The slop bowl: The Earle Collection;
Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts.
The coffee cup and saucer applied with flowers: O. Rundle Gilbert Auctioneers, New York, Katherine Prentis Murphy Collection, September 8, 1967, lot 556.
Two cups: Theodor A. Wiedemann, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
The milk jug, sugar bowl and cover: Skinner Auctioneers Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, Katherine Prentis Murphy Collection, September 24, 1983, lots 51 and 52.
Two teabowls and saucers: Theodor A. Wiedemann, New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Large bowl: It is not completely centered. There is a 6 by 3 inch section cleanly broken at the rim and glued back. There are several small flat chips or chips to rim edge, some of which are restored. Slop bowl applied with a trailing flowering branch: There is an approximate 4-inch shallow section broken at the rim and restored back. Footed milk jug: the spout is restored. One of the feet has been broken off and glued back. There are restored sections on the applied trailing decoration. Sugar bowl and cover: The sugar bowl has been broken in half and glued back. The cover has very minimal abrasion-like chipping to the rim edges. Two teabowls and saucers: one teabowl has several chips to the footrim. The other with a pinhead chip to the rim. One saucer with a very shallow 1-inch slice chip to the rim edge. The other saucer with several minuscule rim chips. Coffee cup and saucer applied with flower sprays: The cup with a 1-inch long restored rim chip issuing a haircrack and several short haircracks running down the rim. Another coffee cup: Several haircracks running down the rim edge.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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