Dated Stoneware Puzzle Jug

Description:

Dated Stoneware Puzzle Jug, England, 1837, with five spouts over a pierced and blue dotted neck, the bulbous lower body with incised verse "A Puzzle - Gentlemen Now Try Your Skill If You Can Drink Without a Spill," ht. 8 in.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection; Zeitlin collection.
Estimate $200-400

In very good condition throughout with no evidence of any cracks, chips or restorations.


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