Staffordshire Brown Tortoiseshell-glazed Cream-colored Creamer and Cover

Description:

Staffordshire Brown Tortoiseshell-glazed Cream-colored Creamer and Cover, England, c. 1760, bird finial to a pear shape set atop three lion mask and paw feet, ht. 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $400-600

Bird head restored; no other evidence of any crack, chips or restorations.


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