
Property of Various Owners
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE SOLID-AGATE OCTAGONAL COFFEE OR HOT-CHOCOLATE POT AND COVER, CIRCA 1750
of pear shape on a raised on a slightly stepped footSet with a loop handle, the domed cover with a recumbent kylin knop
Height 9 ¼ in.; 23.5 cm
An example of this rare form from the Property of Wallace Elliot, Valley Wood Place, Clobham, Surrey was sold at Replica Shoes ’s London, May 24, 1938, lot 28, formerly in the Bryan T. Harland Collection exhibited at the Burlington Replica Handbags s Club in 1914. A second was sold in the same rooms on October 7, 1968, lot 181. Both examples had octagonal feet. An example with a round stepped foot like the present lot was sold at Christie’s London, November 3, 1997, lot 29.