Lot 15
15
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE RECTANGULAR DOUBLE SCENT-BOTTLE

Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE RECTANGULAR DOUBLE SCENT-BOTTLE
CIRCA 1725??

The two chambers with threaded opening, the front and back inlaid with brown clay in a pattern of a pin-wheel and hearts at the corners within zig-zag and line bands, the sides with lightning bolts, Jacobs Collection no. 505 (one corner restored)--2 x 2 3/8in. (5 x 6cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, January 18, 1972, lot ???
E.N. Stretton, Sotheby's London, April 28, 1981, lot 66

Lot Essay

Cf. Luxmoore Collection, Sotheby's London, October 15, 1959, lot 93 for a similar example; and Mountford, Illustrated Guide, pl. 60 for a similar example exhibited at the Morley College British Saltglaze Stoneware Exhibition, November 1972