Description:
Two Staffordshire Copper Lustre Decorated Lafayette/Cornwallis Items, England, c. 1825, each with black transfer prints to wide yellow ground band, a jug, one side titled Cornwallis Resigning his sword at York Town Oct. 19th, 1781, the reverse with titled portrait of Lafayette, ht. 6 3/8; and a two-handled cup, ht. 6 3/4 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Old English Lustre Pottery, by John & Baker, illustrations 41c, 41e.
Estimate $600-800
Two handled cup: Handle broken and simply glued.
Jug: In very good condition throughout.
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John & Baker, Cornwallis, United KingdomStuart Slavid
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
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