Agate Ware Milk Jug and Cover

Description:

Agate Ware Milk Jug and Cover, England, c. 1745-50, probably Staffordshire and in the manner of Thomas Whieldon, pear shape with lion couchant finial, loop handle and set atop three lion mask and paw feet, slate blue, cream, and chocolate brown clays, overall ht. 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Alistair Sampson.

Literature: Identical in English Pottery and Porcelain 1300-1850, by Grigaut, no. 90.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Restorations to chips along spout and through at one leg. Firing line to the top of the handle.


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