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.

AN ENGLISH SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE SAUCE-BOAT AND A MODEL OF A RECUMBENT EWE AND LAMB

CIRCA 1755

Details

AN ENGLISH SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE SAUCE-BOAT AND A MODEL OF A RECUMBENT EWE AND LAMB
CIRCA 1755
The sauce-boat of silver shape, the fox-molded handle with cobalt blue eyes, press-molded overall with snails, shells and grotesque heads among others, raised on three paw feet with lion-mask terminals; the sheep based on a Chelsea model
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, the sauce-boat

Provenance

L.A. Compton Collection, no. 204 (sauce-boat).
With Leo Kaplan, Ltd., New York (sauce-boat).
Frances L. Dickson Collection, no. 2043 (sheep).

Literature

R.J. Charleston & P. Towner, English Ceramics 1580-1830, a Commemorative Catalogue of ceramics and enamels to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the English Ceramics Circle, London, 1977, no. 43 (sauce-boat).

Exhibited

English Ceramics Circle, 1977, no. 43 (sauce-boat).

Lot Essay

For a nearly identical sauce-boat, see, Weldon Vol. II, p. 113, fig. 62, this once thought to possibly be the ECC Exhibition example.

The sheep group is based on a model found in Chelsea porcelain. For an enameled stoneware example see A. Mountford, Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware, London, 1971, fig. 242

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