Mocha Pearlware Slip-decorated Jug

Description:

Mocha Pearlware Slip-decorated Jug, England, c. 1800, the body with mocha "trees" against an orange field, red slip banding, bordered by reeded and green-glazed bands, strap handle with foliate terminals, (damage),ht. 6 in.

Provenance: The Jonathan Rickard Collection.

Exhibitions: Mocha Mania, Dewitt Wallace Gallery, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1993-1994.
Estimate $150-250

Bottom is missing and restored using heavy paper board, side has a large break at the base and is missing a small piece.


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