TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE PUZZLE JUGS, CIRCA 1760
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January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
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1,200 - 1,800 USD
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TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE PUZZLE JUGS, CIRCA 1760
probably Liverpool, of conventional form, the rims with three apertures, and a band of flowerheads formed of circle and heart-shaped piercing, each painted with script verse in slightly different spellings:
"Here Gentlemen come try yr Skill.
I'le hold a wager if you will
that you Don't Drink this liqr all
Without you spill or let some Fall.",
flanked by flowering plants
(tallest) height 7 ⅜ in.
18.6 cm
The Collection of Dr. and Mrs Warren Baker Collection, Michigan City, Indiana, Replica Shoes Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 15 October 1982, lots 55 and 57, one bearing Collector's label, no. 62.53