Lot 1216
  • 1216

Two English Pratt-type pearlware moulded jugs Circa 1795

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • ceramic
  • Heights: 8 3/4 in. and 7 3/8 in.
  • 22.2 cm and 18.7 cm
comprising: a large jug moulded with heart-shaped panels enclosing scenes of children playing, titled 'MISCHIEVOUS SPORT' and 'SPORTIVE INNOCENCE' and a jug commemorating the Duke of Cumberland. 

Provenance

The first, Shein Collection, bearing paper label

Condition

The large jug: has several small chips to the rim edge, edge of spout and along the footrim. There is some overall, minor crazing. The smaller jug: has two minuscule slice chips to the underside of the spout. Otherwise in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Another jug similarly moulded to the first example is illustrated in John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware, English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze coloured earthenware, 1780-1840, p. 188, and another example similar to the second jug is illustrated, ibid., p. 166.