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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Mar 25, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 530

Nine Staffordshire Figures and Two Pitchers

Estimate: $500 - $700

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

English, 18th and 19th century, comprising: mid 19th century, cow and calf figural group, raised on terrain oval base, 6-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.; late 18th century, pair of seated figures, one a man with a cane and hat, the other a woman, each with lambs at their feet, 7-3/8 in.; mid 19th century, seated woman holding a rose, yellow hat with floral stopper, marked "J.P." to base in underglaze blue for J. Proctor, 8-1/2 in.; figure of a man carrying a sheep on his back, raised on plinth base, 9-1/4 in.; pair of figures, one a woman carrying children, riding a goat, on an oval grassy base, the other a man riding a goat, with two baby goats in a basket, each incised "No 62" to base, 6 in.; late 19th century, glazed pottery jug, titled "A Cottage Kent", depicting a cottage in a landscape on a yellow ground, impressed "Wardle/England" to base, 6 in.; Circa 1830-40, silver luster pearlware pitcher, pineapple form, applied shaped handle, hand painted orange flowers, 5-1/8 in.

Provenance: The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple

Condition

cows with spotting, a few areas of discoloration; crazing and scratching to pair of figures, female figure with losses to two fingers, minor spotting, scratching; man with lamb break and repair to lamb's legs, repaired crack to man's leg, chips to plinth base, area of repair to corner of base, repaired crack to side of coat, areas of repainting; break to goat's front leg, chip to tricorn hat and loss to paint, repair to baby goat's leg; pottery pitcher with crazing throughout, some flaws to glaze near base, discoloration to interior; luster pitcher wear to foot ring, spotting, discoloration, chip to rim, wear to luster and floral painted decoration, crazing

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