Sale 2414
New York
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21 January 2011
Price realised
USD 250
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PEARLWARE COILED PIPE CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY YORKSHIRE Of Pratt type, decorated with radiating stripes across the coils in ochre, yellow, and cobalt blue, the bowl molded with an acanthus leaf 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide overall, mouthpiece to bowl
Provenance
With Wynn A. Saymann, Richmond, Massachusetts, 1986.
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See John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware, 1984, pp. 30-31 for an explanation of the technique for extruding hollow tubes of clay used in the making of pipes.
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