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Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 861

North Devon Slipware Armorial Harvest Jug

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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

circa 1790, globular jug with strap handle, cream slip carved and incised with the crowned Royal Arms within the motto of the Order of the Garter above the motto of the English royal motto, with crowned lion and unicorn supporters below the initials "GR", flanked by stylized roses, the reverse with inscribed drinking poem within heart reserve "When I was in my Native Place/I was a lump Clay, And digged was/out of the Earth and brought from/away. But now I am a Jugg because/by Potter's Art and Skills and now/your servant am became and carry Ale I will/Mr. William Richard.", 12-1/4 x 10 in.

Note: Exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Slipware Traditions, March 12-June 6, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, February 13, 1979, Lot 24; Garry Atkins, London, November 1, 1996 for œ5,063; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

some chips, glaze fritting (especially to poem and rose), restored rim chip, scratches

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