Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016
Lot 74
A massive Herculaneum salt-glazed stoneware jug and cover late 18th/early 19th century
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
A massive Herculaneum salt-glazed stoneware jug and cover late 18th/early 19th century, applied with two hunting scenes either side of a blank oval cartouche, the shoulder with a continuous band of fruiting vine, the spout formed as the mask of a grotesque satyr, impressed mark, 55.5cm. (2)
Cf. Peter Hyland, The Herculaneum Pottery: Liverpool's Forgotten Glory, p.63, fig. 51 for a creamware jug of the same shape and dimension.
Provenance: from the collection of the Gladstone family at Fasque House.