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Thu, May 19, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 154

Three Prattware Ceramic Pitchers

Estimate: $400 - $600

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

early 19th century, comprising: hunt scene, molded frieze of two figures with horses and dogs attacking a stag, acorn and oak leaf border, basket weave decoration to lower half, scrolled handle, 5-3/4 in.; luster decorated example with molded frieze of a rabbit hunt, depicting two gentleman and dogs, grape and ivy leaf border, lower part molded in relief, 6-3/4 in.; example with each side depicting a maiden in relief on orange peel ground, depicting Peace holding an olive branch and Plenty grasping a cornucopia filled with fruits, and a sheaf of corn, semicircle border, acanthus leaf border to base, molded "EY/IY" to base, 7 in.; together with a Staffordshire creamware pitcher with a cartouche having a hand painted castle by the sea, body with attached stones, C scroll handle, 6-7/8; and Pratt Ware 1780-1840, by John and Griselda Lewis, Baron Publishing, 1984

Note: First pitcher in Pratt Ware 1780-1840, by John and Griselda Lewis, Baron Publishing, 1984, page 174.

Second pitcher in Pratt Ware 1780-1840, by John and Griselda Lewis, Baron Publishing, 1984, page 175.

Third pitcher in Pratt Ware 1780-1840, by John and Griselda Lewis, Baron Publishing, 1984, page 209.

Provenance: Private Charleston Collection

Condition

spotting, discoloration, residue, dirty interiors, wear to bases, anomalies (as made), crazing, rubbing to painted decoration, a few with labels to base, Staffordshire with spider crack and hairlines, chips to rim and spout