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Lot 85*

A Portuguese creamware 'Sailor' Toby jug, circa 1800

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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A Portuguese creamware 'Sailor' Toby jug, circa 1800

Modelled seated, holding a flask in his left hand and a cup in his right, wearing a blue jacket over an ochre waistcoat, with green breeches, brown boots and a wide hat, the shaped base washed in blue, ochre and brown, 28.5cm high

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

A similar jug, attributed to the Cavaquinho factory, Porto is in the Museo Nacional de Arte Antigua, Lisbon, inv. 6299cer. The modelling is similar to the English 'Rodney's Sailor' Toby Jug. A comparable jug is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.LVIII, no.130.

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