Rare Pearlware Barrel-form Mustard Pot and Cover

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Rare Pearlware Barrel-form Mustard Pot and Cover, Britain, c. 1810, the body with an orange eld with black dendritic mocha decoration bracketed by black bands below a green-glazed reeded band; the cover with a ball knop and an orange eld decorated with black dendritic markings; the extruded handle with foliate terminals (chips to cover spoon slot and another under the rim; the body with one foot chip and a small triangular piece missing from the rim with an associated crack curving into the center),total ht. 3 7/8 in. Provenance: Orkney & Yost, Franklin, Connecticut. Exhibitions: Mocha Mania, The Dewitt Wallace Gallery, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 1993-94.
Estimate $1,000-1,200

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