Lot Essay
Martha Gunn was famed for attending ladies on Brighton beach once they had exited the bathing machines. The fleur-de-lys commemorates her bathing of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, in 1785.
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CIRCA 1795
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A PEARLWARE 'MARTHA GUNN' TOBY JUG
CIRCA 1795
Decorated in Pratt colours, typically modelled seated with a flask and glass on her lap, wearing a bonnet and wide brimmed hat with the Prince of Wales feathers
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 1795
Decorated in Pratt colours, typically modelled seated with a flask and glass on her lap, wearing a bonnet and wide brimmed hat with the Prince of Wales feathers
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
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