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Collect: Americana
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- Sale 5819
Live
| Philadelphia
Mar 20 | 11:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5819
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$800 – $1,200
Comprising a coordinating teapot, teacup, and saucer all decorated with cartouche depicting crest with two birds; an oval platter with cartouche bearing monogram, “DCR"; a small oval platter with armorial crest in the form of a lion in castle, with be-ribboned shield-form cartouche bearing monogram, “TER”; three tea caddies: one with grisaille decorated floral motifs, the other two with decorated cartouches bearing respective monograms: “RW” and “TMK”; two tea bowls with crest in the form of a deer head, above be-ribboned shield-form cartouche bearing monogram, “W”; a gold and grisaille-decorated tea bowl with be-ribboned cartouche depicting crest in the form of an eagle with two crowns; and a saucer decorated with crest in the form of a hand holding sword topped with laurel wreath and surmounted by bannerette inscribed, “Mentum Menque Presto,” with oval reserve below bearing monogram, “DF.”
H: 5 ½ in. D: 9 in. D: 5 in. (teapot)
Grisaille tea caddy: bearing label for Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts
Estate of William G. Tinsley, Jr., Denver, Colorado.
lot 78: grisaille tea caddy: hairline at rim, lid with large chip / loss at edge; another tea caddy: with some occasional loss to enamel, lid with restored finial- with overpainting evident; another tea caddy: another tea caddy: with minor enamel loss, lid appears to be associated (doesn't match), and lid has large chip / loss as well as another chip along edge; teacup and saucer: teacup with softened chip along rim and a small rough spot along rim, underside rim with slight surface chip and firing flaw right next to it, repaired break to middle of handle, saucer with hairline crack along rim; small platter: a few fleabites and glaze chips along edge; large platter: a couple minor losses to enamel border, and some possible minor re-touching to blue perimeter; pair of teabowls: one with hairline crack to well, the other with hairline crack to rim; single saucer: possible re-glazed, has glossy surface with some scattered dark spotting (especially to backside); teapot: hairline crack on side that extends to underside, small chip at rim, a prominent glaze fleck to one armorial crest
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