A BRISTOL DELFT DATED PUZZLE-JUG of conventional type, the globular body inscribed in manganese Here Gentlemen come try your skill/I'le hold a wager if you will/That you dont Drink this Liquor all/But you will spill or lett some fall/1752 and painted in blue with vases of flowers within shaped blue band panels (restored crack to body through base, restorations to two spouts and handle), 1752

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A BRISTOL DELFT DATED PUZZLE-JUG of conventional type, the globular body inscribed in manganese Here Gentlemen come try your skill/I'le hold a wager if you will/That you dont Drink this Liquor all/But you will spill or lett some fall/1752 and painted in blue with vases of flowers within shaped blue band panels (restored crack to body through base, restorations to two spouts and handle), 1752
18.5cm. high

Provenance

Dr. C.H.G. Price, sale Sotheby's, 15 December 1964, lot 18
Joseph V. Vizcarra, sale Sotheby's New York, 13 April, 1984

Literature

Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, op. cit., p. 233, no. 1028

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