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Lot 61*

A very unusual Prattware Toby Jug, circa 1800-10

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £765 inc. premium

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A very unusual Prattware Toby Jug, circa 1800-10

Of traditional form, seated and balancing a jug modelled as a monkey on his knee, a pipe resting against his chair, wearing a coat sponged in ochre, yellow, brown and blue, with yellow breeches and a brown tricorn hat, 25cm high

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

Although the monkey is clearly intended to be a jug by virtue of the application of a handle, the potters of this rare Toby Jug appear to have used the mould of a hollow-based animal model of the kind originally produced to be sold separately.

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