Lot Essay
Cf. The shape and unusual handle correspond to silver examples of the period. However, the crabstock spout is typical of Staffordshire ceramic production of the 1760's.
Property from the Collection of
HERBERT AND SYLVIA JACOBS
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE CREAMWARE CHOCOLATE-POT AND COVER, CIRCA 1760, the flaring cylindrical body with domed cover, knop finial, broken scroll handle and crabstock spout moulded as a tree branch, drawn in manganese and enamelled in puce, green and iron-red with a ruin in a landscape below a trellis diaper band, the cover and back with smaller scenes of a house, Jacobs Collection no. 533--7in. high
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE CREAMWARE CHOCOLATE-POT AND COVER, CIRCA 1760, the flaring cylindrical body with domed cover, knop finial, broken scroll handle and crabstock spout moulded as a tree branch, drawn in manganese and enamelled in puce, green and iron-red with a ruin in a landscape below a trellis diaper band, the cover and back with smaller scenes of a house, Jacobs Collection no. 533--7in. high
Provenance
Anon sale, Phillips, London, June 13, 1984, lot 96