Mocha Slip-banded and Seaweed-decorated Jug

Description:

Mocha Slip-banded and Seaweed-decorated Jug, England, c. 1800, the brown, blue, black, and white marbling with regular mocha "seaweed" decoration, all below a blue slip band at the rim, strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 6 1/4 in.

Provenance: The Jonathan Rickard Collection.
Estimate $600-800

Spots an areas of slip loss on the exterior, chip at the bottom of the handle, shrinkage cracks on the bottom.


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