Premier Auction - Session I
Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 722
Rare Donyatt Incised Slipware Puzzle 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 |
British, Donyatt, Somerset, circa 1790, oviform with yellow and mottled green glaze, sgraffito and pierced neck, tubular rim with a single spout, shoulder incised with the drinking verse, "When this you see remember me & bear/ me in your mind for I am seldom at your hous (sic)", above a panel flanked by tulips and incised "spak by me/ you find SOW (?)", the date 1790 to the lower left, bottom incised "John Brown/ Maker", 8-3/4 in. - Note: Illustrated in Grigsby, Leslie B., Michael Archer, Margaret Macfarlane, and Jonathan Horne. The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware. London: Jonathan Horne, 2000, pages 152, 153. - Provenance: Garry Atkins, London; Christie's London, South Kensington, Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection, |3 November 2011, lot 19; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
restoration to upper handle, areas of retouch/surface repairs to incised panel, to each side of panel and several smaller areas at base, glaze losses along rim, glaze losses to underside of base
Condition
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