$2,583
White Salt-glazed Stoneware Bear Storage Pot, England, c. 1740-60, probably Staffordshire, modeled as a seated cub with detachable head, holding a dog in his paws and with brown slip eyes and tongue, allover encrusted with grog, ht. 3 3/8 in. Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection; Ex collection Mr. Robert Bruce Wallis; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Literature: Illustrated in Chats on Old English Earthenware , by Hayden, p. 171.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-07-15