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LOT 11:
English Delftware Blue and White Puzzle Jug, Probably Liverpool, Circa 1760
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Sold for: $1,200
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
$
1,539.12
Start price:
$
400
Estimate :
$800 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 21%
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sales tax: 6%
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English Delftware Blue and White Puzzle Jug, Probably Liverpool, Circa 1760
An English Delftware Blue and White Puzzle Jug, Probably Liverpool, Circa 1760
With pierced collar, hand-painted with a script verse,
"Here gentlemen come try your skill / I'le hold a Wager if you will. . . . / That you don;t drink this Liquor all / Without you spill or lett some fall". With Jonathan Horne Antiques, London label to the underside.
Dimensions: Height 7in; width 5 1/2in; length across handle 7in.
Provenance: Purchased with Jonathan Horne Antiques, London, June 13, 1986.
Property from a Greater Philadelphia Estate.
Condition:
Examined under UV light. Wear commensurate with age and use. Restoration visible. Some glaze chips to rim and body. The handle with over-painted restoration at the base where it connects to jug above foot. Each of the three spouts with over-painted restoration. Scattered areas of minor restoration and over-paint to pierced collar. With typical firing and glazing imperfections throughout, some minor surface scratching and small chips at extremities. Otherwise good condition.
