Lot Essay
Compare the 'harlequin' jug in the Leon Collection, J.Jefferson Miller II, English Yellow-Glazed Earthenware, Smithsonian Institution, 1974, plate XXXV
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CIRCA 1805, POSSIBLY THOMAS HARLEY'S POTTERY, LANE END
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE YELLOW-GROUND AND SILVER LUSTRE 'HARLEQUIN' JUG
Circa 1805, possibly Thomas Harley's pottery, Lane End
The oviform jug with scroll handle, fluted neck and pineapple-moulded body, decorated with alternate yellow and silver lozenges, 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high; together with two yellow-ground jugs, each printed with figures in a park before a manor, the mouth, neck and foot with silver luster bands, 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high (3)
Circa 1805, possibly Thomas Harley's pottery, Lane End
The oviform jug with scroll handle, fluted neck and pineapple-moulded body, decorated with alternate yellow and silver lozenges, 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high; together with two yellow-ground jugs, each printed with figures in a park before a manor, the mouth, neck and foot with silver luster bands, 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high (3)
Provenance
The Helen Janssen Wetzel Collection, Tulpehocken Farm, Pennsylvania; Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 October 1980, lot 1366 (the harlequin jug)
With Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Exton, PA (the printed jugs)
With Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Exton, PA (the printed jugs)