Nine Pieces of Blue Transfer Tableware

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Britain: The Pottery Auction

By Bonhams Skinner

Feb 14, 2022 - Feb 24, 2022

Set Reminder 2022-02-14 12:00:00 2022-02-24 19:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Britain: The Pottery Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/skinner/britain-the-pottery-auction-8834
Explore three centuries of English pottery in this online auction. The sale features fine Wedgwood from the Lindsay Grigsby Collection, an exceptional collection of Victorian majolica featuring numerous teapots, and the second session of of British blue transferware from the Zeller Collection. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com

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• Lot Description
  Nine Pieces of Blue Transfer Tableware, England and Wales, c. 1795-1830, an earthenware sauceboat printed with an undocumented pattern, unmarked, ht. 3 1/8; an earthenware open salt printed with the Welcome to the Temple pattern, unmarked, dia. 4; an earthenware mug printed with the Ancient Bridge and Swan pattern, unmarked, ht. 6, dia. 4; an earthenware fluted mug printed with the Caught Fish pattern on one side and an undocumented pattern on the other, unmarked, ht. 5 3/8, dia. 3 3/8; a large earthenware mug printed in dark blue underglaze with the Fishing from a Bridge pattern, unmarked, ht. 5 3/8, dia. 5 1/8; an earthenware mug printed with the wraparound Fig Tree pattern, brown enameled rim, rare impressed maker's mark for Ralph Stevenson, ht. 5, dia. 4 3/4; a Cambrian Pottery pearlware mug printed with the Woman on a Camel pattern, unmarked, ht. 6, dia. 4 1/4; a pearlware mug printed with the wraparound Setting Sail pattern, unmarked, ht. 5 1/4, dia. 4 5/8; and a pearlware loving cup with pedestal base printed in an early Chinoiserie pattern Bird Vendor, unmarked, ht. 5 1/8, dia. 4 1/2 in.
  
  Provenance: The Zeller Collection. Fishing from Bridge pattern and The Caught Fish pattern mugs previously in Anthony Pugh-Thomas Collection; The Caught Fish mug previously in the Strong Collection.

  Condition

  
  
  Condition: Sauceboat: Good condition with small hairline in the exterior glaze only on one side. Small section of glaze missing on the underside.
  
  Open salt: Good condition with a small chip to insider rim.
  
  Mugs: All in very good condition unless otherwise noted. The Caught Fish pattern mug with a tiny glaze chip on the exterior border.
  
  Fig Tree pattern mug: Good condition with one hairline that begins in the bottom and moves up and across a 3 1/2 in. portion of the bottom of the cylindrical wall of the mug.
  
  Woman on a Camel pattern mug: Good condition with one 2 1/2 in. hairline from the rim downward on the mug. Also a spider crack in the glaze only on the bottom. One small 1/8 in. chip on the bottom.
  
  Setting Sail pattern mug: Two hairline cracks form the rim. One 2 1/2 in., the other 1 1/2 in. Some restoration done around the rim where the hairline cracks are located.
  
  Loving cup: Good condition. This cup has been professionally restored. At least two significant hairlines have been restored and areas of the border pattern have been painted in.
  
  
  Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
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