Eight Mostly English Ceramic Pitchers

Description:

Eight Mostly English Ceramic Pitchers, early 19th century, five lustreware pitchers, three decorated with hunt scenes, one with transfer allegorical figure of "CHARITY," and one ornamented with a medial band of flowers; a lead-glazed creamware "Fair Hebe" Jug, England, c. 1788, attributed to Voyez, modeled as a tree trunk decorated with a man, girl, boy, and a dog in relief, a blue and white transfer-decorated pitcher with a landscape with milkmaid, gentleman, cows, and a cottage, and a three-quart Rockingham-glazed hound-handled ale pitcher with cover decorated with hunt scenes, (imperfections),ht. 4 7/8 to 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $200-300

Lustre pitchers: the one with spotted hounds and berry branch decorated rim-has old repairs/cracks on lower portion of one side with a patch of discoloration 1 x 2 1/4 in, one with horse and rider has a couple rim chips, all with minor glaze wear; Fair Hebe pitcher- has a 1/2 in. shallow rim chip, blue transfer - rm chip, spout chip, small rim line, hairline to one side; hound handle- repairs to cover edges, 3 in. area on rear of rim.


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