Lot Essay
For another example of this rarely found pair, now in the collection of the City Art Gallery and Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, see John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware 1740-1840, 1984, p. 281 top.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RICHARD T. KANTER
A PAIR OF PEARLWARE MODELS OF LIONS
CIRCA 1790, PROBABLY YORKSHIRE
Details
A PAIR OF PEARLWARE MODELS OF LIONS
CIRCA 1790, PROBABLY YORKSHIRE
Of Pratt type, the male standing with its right fore paw on a ball, the female similarly posed with her left fore paw on a ball, each on a rectangular base, the top sponged in green, the sides in blue and ochre on a trailing vine.
7 1/4 in. long (2)
CIRCA 1790, PROBABLY YORKSHIRE
Of Pratt type, the male standing with its right fore paw on a ball, the female similarly posed with her left fore paw on a ball, each on a rectangular base, the top sponged in green, the sides in blue and ochre on a trailing vine.
7 1/4 in. long (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 January 1987, lot 1 (purchased through Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbrigdge Incorporated, New York).
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