A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE DUCK-FORM SAUCEBOAT
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE DUCK-FORM SAUCEBOAT

CIRCA 1760-1770

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE DUCK-FORM SAUCEBOAT
Circa 1760-1770
Naturalistically modelled swimming, with broad yellow beak, his moulded feathers in cobalt-blue, yellow, ochre and brown; together with a Staffordshire green-ground model of a lady holding a parasol, circa 1780; and a French Palissy style flora-form goblet applied with butterflies, circa 1880, probably by Thomas Sergent
7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide (3)

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See Major Cyril Earle T.D., The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, Hull, 1915, p. 98 & 99, fig. 333 for a very similar duck-form sauceboat; also see Ross E. Taggert, The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English Pottery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1967, p. 109 & 124, fig. 491; for similar examples of Palissy style goblets, see The Charles and Susan Murphy Collection, Christie's, New York, 23 April 2004, lot 336.