Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 546
A pearlware puzzle pipe
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £900
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Description
A pearlware puzzle pipe, dated 1825, formed of elaborate coils painted with stylized floral borders around sponged block colours, inscribed for 'William Redmoore 1825', the pipe bowl moulded with two putti, a little good restoration, 32cm across.
Redmore/Radmore is a Devonian surname with several Williams recorded on the 19th century censuses scattered from Ilfracombe to Plymouth. Among those listed are a family of clay cutters.