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Lot 37*

A very rare creamware 'Step' Toby jug, circa 1780

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

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A very rare creamware 'Step' Toby jug, circa 1780

Of traditional form, seated and holding a jug in his slightly raised left hand, smoking a long pipe supported by his right hand, his long hair formed from sieved clay applied to either side of his face, wearing a green jacket with brown breeches and shoes, on a canted base with a stepped recess,
24cm high

Footnotes

Provenance
Bonhams sale, 8 September 2004, lot 118
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

Although sieved clay is often used to provide the foam surmounting jugs and cups, its use as hair appears to be unrecorded.

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