A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE FLARING CYLINDRICAL COFFEE-POT AND COVER

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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE FLARING CYLINDRICAL COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1760

With flattened spire finial, dome cover, scroll spout and handle, the front and back painted in iron-red with a still-life of fruit, baskets, cornucopia and butterflies above scrolls within a border of diaper panels and vigorous scrolling foliage, the cover with a similar border, the spout and handle enriched with iron-red chevrons, Jacobs Collection no. 394 (cover broken and restuck, two chips to inside rim restored, knop restuck, short hairline crack to pot)--8 7/8in. (22.7cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, sale November 3, 1979, Lot ?

Lot Essay

The scenes may be derived from The Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning made Easy, published in London in 1758-1762 by Robert Sayer and widely used as inspiration for decorative arts of all media at that time.