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Sat, Dec 7, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1505

Four Stoneware Vessels with Silver Mounts

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
British, 19th century, Frechen style bulbous mug with later silver repousse hinged cover, .925 fine, (Chester 1911), attributed to Doulton pottery; three sprig decorated including one double handled mug with silver collar, (1870), pitcher with silver collar, (Cornelius Saunders & James Shepherd, London, 1894) and engraved "To Be or Not To Be That is the Question/Hamlet Act III Sc I as perverted by E.W.W."; pitcher, silver collar (London, 1876) "M" monogram, 6 in. to 10-1/2 in.; Note: For a discussion of dating the Frechen style mug , please see: Ivor Noël Hume, If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 2,000 Years of British Household Pottery, Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation and New England Press, 2001, pps. 112-114, ill.; Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities

Condition

mug with one cracked handle, several with minor firing cracks on base, tarnish and small dents to silver mounts