Two Similar Pratt-type Pearlware Watch Holders

Description:

Two Similar Pratt-type Pearlware Watch Holders, England, c. 1800, each underglaze enamel decorated in the typical palette, a tall case clock with crowned figures to either side, one holding a lyre, the other a cornucopia of fruit, ht. 9 7/8, 10 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

#1: Restorations to crowns; figures at base. Chip to side of one figure.
#2: Restorations to finials and upper portion of clock case; to area of where figures meet the base.


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