Lot 342
  • 342

STAFFORDSHIRE AGATEWARE PECTEN-SHELL MOLDED SCENT BOTTLE AND A STOPPER, CIRCA 1750-60

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
  • Length 2 1/4 in.
Together with an English pottery slip-inlaid scent bottle. 3 pieces.

Provenance

Lindsay Grigsby Antiques, Richmond, Virginia.

Condition

Pecten shell bottle: the screw-in stopper is a later replacement; 1/2 of the rim and neck has been broken out in two pieces and repaired, the break extending down the shoulder on one side. Slip-decorated salt-glazed stoneware bottle: stopper lacking; minor fine short firing-related crack to the rim.
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