English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017
Lot 1283
A Rockingham pottery figural spirit flask dated 1830
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £300
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Description
A Rockingham pottery figural spirit flask dated 1830, modelled as a man in a top hat, seated astride a barrel and holding a jug and glass, impressed 'J Smith The Mormon Prophet', decorated in a running treacle glaze, 22.5cm.
Joseph Smith (1805-44) was the founder of the Mormon movement and author of the Book of Mormon. The movement is famously teetotal and flasks of this type were produced to mock the non-drinkers.