A STAFFORDSHIRE BUTTER-TUB, COVER AND STAND

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA ANSPACH Known for “…her great taste, sense of style and history, and passion for the arts” [N.Y. Times, October 2014], Barbara “Bobbie” Anspach and her husband Andrew helped make her family’s hotel, The Algonquin, the storied New York City landmark it remains today. An inveterate traveler, her deep affection for the city of London and for the friends she made there inspired her collection of 18th century English ceramics. Actively seeking prime examples from respected British and New York antiquarians and collectors, many of her prized 'pots' are those used to illustrate the standard literature in the field.

A STAFFORDSHIRE BUTTER-TUB, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1790-1810, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WHIELDON

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A STAFFORDSHIRE BUTTER-TUB, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1790-1810, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WHIELDON
The finial as a recumbent cow resting on a basket-weave molded tub and stand; together with a Staffordshire 'melonware’ jiggered jug, circa 1760; a reticulated fruit and basket weave molded plate; and a rouletted yellow-lined green mug, circa 1810
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide, the butter-tub

Provenance

Sotheby’s, New York (the butter-tub).
With Garry Atkins, London (the butter-tub, the jug, and mug).
With Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York (the plate).

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This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The attribution of the butter-tub is based on the 1969 excavations of Thomas Whieldon’s Fenton Vivian site where a biscuit fragment of a similar tub and cover with a recumbent cow finial was recovered. Previously all such butter-tubs were ascribed to Wedgwood. For an illustration of the related basket-weave block mold at the Wedgwood Works Museum (prior to the Whieldon excavation), see C.F. Luxmoore, Saltglaze, English Saltglazed Earthenware, London, 1924, pl. 70.

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