A Pratt type Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette cylindrical tankard
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A Pratt type Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette cylindrical tankard
moulded with quarter length profile portraits within bands of fleurs-de-lis in circular panels between leaf moulded sections, the lower part moulded with stiff leaves and flowers, the rim with a wreath, enriched in a typical palette, circa 1793 (a faint hairline crack to rim) -- 15.4cm. high See colour plate 5
Lot Essay
Cf. J.& G. Lewis, Pratt Ware 1780-1840, (1984), p.128.