Lot Essay
Cf. Mountford, Illustrated Guide, pl. 153 for a pair of white wall pockets with identical moulding; and Grigsby, Weldon Collection, pl. 135 for a lead glazed creamware example
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE WALL-POCKET
CIRCA 1760
Moulded with a Bacchic mask crowned with vine beneath a dolphin and leaves and enriched in puce, green, blue and iron-red, Jacobs Collection no. 594 (broken and restuck)--7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) high
CIRCA 1760
Moulded with a Bacchic mask crowned with vine beneath a dolphin and leaves and enriched in puce, green, blue and iron-red, Jacobs Collection no. 594 (broken and restuck)--7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) high
Provenance
John b. Schorsch and Marjorie H. Schorsch Collection, Sotheby's New York, May 1 and 2, 1981, lot 67