STAFFORDSHIRE AGATEWARE DOUBLE-LIPPED SILVER-SHAPED SAUCEBOAT CIRCA 1750-60

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Warren Baker, April 24, 1982, lot 103;
Art Trading Limited, New York.

1/8-in. chip to the edge of one spout; a 1/8-in. chip to the rim and a 3/8-in. chip to the tip of the barbed edge between one handle and the chipped spout; a 1/4-in. chip to the tip of the barbed edge between one handle and the spout at the other end.
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A similar example in the Henry H. Weldon Collection is illustrated in Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny, Passion for Pottery, Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection, p. 244, cat. no. 166