Lead-glazed Pratt-type Pearlware Screw-top Box

Description:

Lead-glazed Pratt-type Pearlware Screw-top Box, England, c. 1790, probably Staffordshire, and in typical Pratt palette, modeled as a sleeping dog atop a rectangular bed bordered with braiding and set atop a circular base, the lid decorated with flowers and foliage, ht. 1 7/8, lg. 1 7/8 in.

Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; Ex Vera Elkind collection.
Estimate $300-500

Box: In very good condition throughout.
Lid: Restored and with a chip to the screw thread.


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