White Salt-glazed Stoneware Bear Storage Pot

Description:

White Salt-glazed Stoneware Bear Storage Pot, England, c. 1740-60, probably Staffordshire, modeled as a seated cub with detachable head, holding a dog in his paws and with brown slip eyes and tongue, allover encrusted with grog, ht. 3 3/8 in.

Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection; Ex collection Mr. Robert Bruce Wallis; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Literature: Illustrated in Chats on Old English Earthenware, by Hayden, p. 171.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Overall in very good condition throughout.


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