GROUP OF SILVER OR WHITE METAL MOUNTED DRY BODIED STONEWARE VESSELS BY TURNER AND ADAMS
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
comprising two Turner lidded jugs, the larger moulded with a scene of male hunters below a band of fruiting vines, the smaller moulded with a scene of lurchers chasing a hare, each with a hinged cover and impressed TURNER; a Turner pouring jug with a silver mount and moulded with a classical figural scene below fruiting vines, impressed Turner; two metal mounted Adams mugs, one with hallmarks, both impressed ADAMS; and a small silver mounted lidded buff jug with classical figural scenes, impressed ADAMS, also including a large metal mounted jug moulding with fruiting vine borders and a scene of men clustered around a book and making music, marked to base MIST LONDON (7)
Dimensions
smallest jug 9.5cm high, largest jug 27cm high
Provenance
The Maisels Collection of British Ceramics
Footnote
The lurcher jug bearing a paper label for George Haggarty Antiques.
For a reference relating to the small buff jug see Furness, 'Adams Ceramics', p.306 and p.317