07-14-201807-14-2018
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3115BBoston
July 14, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Leonard Jarvis Design Winston Churchill Toby Jug

Sell one like this
$615$500
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3115BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Leonard Jarvis Design Winston Churchill Toby Jug, England, mid-20th century, colored in the style of Ralph Wood, with translucent underglaze enamels, modeled wearing a tricorn hat and 18th century dress, one hand raised as a "V" for Victory, the other holding a painter's palette, an inkwell and book to one side, a bricklayer's tool to the other, inscribed artist and "no. 142," under the base "The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill O.M., C.H., F.R.S., M.P.," ht. 7 in.

Provenance: The Bute Collection of Toby Jugs, Christie's, July 8, 1986, Lot 156.
Estimate $600-800

Hairlines and possibly a restoration to the hat brim on either side.


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Keywords

Winston S. Churchill, Leonard Jarvis, Winston Churchill Toby Jug, Toby Jugs, United Kingdom