Staffordshire Tortoise Shell Globular Teapot, 1740/50, leaf molded spout, with a streaked brown/green glaze, 5 1/4”.  Chips under cover edge.

        RPW00571       $1,200


Miniature Pratt Ware Type Bull Baiting Toy, 1800/1810, press moulded on a grassy mound, 2” high. chip to underside base, small chip to end of ear with other ear restored, fine hairline.

          RPW00595      $160


Creamware Bat Printed Jug, c.1780/90, possibly Liverpool, the swelling cylindrical body decorated with oval portraits bat printed in green of ‘Louisa. Charming All, Unconscious of her Charms.’ and ‘Thought of Matrimony.’ both after engravings by William Ward, published in 1786. 5 1/2” high.  Minor firing blemishes rim and foot..

      RPW00532          $1,200

Notes.

William Ward was the brother-in-law of George Morland.  The portrait of ‘Louisa’ is thought to be of Mrs. George Morland, nee Anne Ward.  

‘Thoughts on Matrimony’ is after ‘Cupid’s Whirligig’ written by Edward Frankau, published in 1607.

See images below for original prints.


Large Named and Dated Creamware Teapot and Cover, 1778, cylindrical form, with straight tapering spout and overlapping twisted handle with molded foliate terminals, inscribed ‘John Parker, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, 1778,’ within an oval wreath and trellis border, on a pavilioned island ground. 9” high.  Hairline to the reverse, small chips under cover, spout and base.

           RPW00444   $4000

See – Dated in Blue, Underglaze Blue Painted Earthenware, 1776 – 1800.  Lois Roberts, pg, 32, illus, 27.  Although recorded and illustrated the piece is stated as being (Whereabouts unknown.)  


Four Lead Glazed Creamware Tiles, mid 18th Century, possibly Britstol, with slip decorated ‘Puddingstone’ pattern.  5” x 5.”  Some chips to edges.   

      RPW00246        $800


 

Staffordshire Creamware Model of a Fox, 1780, modeled seated on it’s haunches, on a rocky base, 3¼“ high.  Restoration to ear and two chips to base.

    RPW00381      $1,100

 See – Early English Figure Pottery, Sir Harold Mackintosh, pg. 13, Fig, 29. Illus, pg. 93.

Ceramics from the Rous Lench Collection, Christie’s, May 29th& 30th, 1990, Lot, 114.


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Pearlware Harvest Barrel, 1800, molded in two halves, applied with a rectangular lug handle, pierced for suspension and with bung-hole, decorated with a band of flowers and elongated foliage, repeated on the ends, in the middle of thin bands, 4½.”  Chip to one end, very minor glaze chips.

        RPW00452           $350

This is a decorative barrel in made in the tradition of harvesters drinking barrels from the 18th century.  For other older examples see, A Passion for Pottery The Henry H. Weldon Collection. P. Williams & P. Halfpenny, pg. 132. Fig. 75.  


Staffordshire Creamware Pug Dog, c.1760, press molded, seated on its haunches, under a mottled green glaze, 3”, chips of base.

        RPW00412      $420

Provenance – The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA.

See – English Pottery Stoneware & Earthenware, 1650-1800, The Henry Weldon Collection,Leslie B. Grigsby, pg, 346, Illus 200. 


Staffordshire Creamware model of a Cat, c.1790, modeled seated on its haunches with ochre speckling, 5”.    Restoration to ear, crack to foot rim.

RPW00197 $280