RARE DAVENPORT TERRACOTTA POTTERY WINE COOLER, circa 1805
Estimate: |
£150 - £250
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Hammer price:
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£1,100 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
RARE DAVENPORT TERRACOTTA POTTERY WINE COOLER, circa 1805, moulded with a portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson flanked by branches of acorns and oak leaves, and the reverse with a trophy of arms against a galleon, with stylised dolphin mask handles, with an impressed mark "Davenport" over an anchor, 26cm high.According to Lockett, this is "exceedingly rare". There is one other in Hanley Museum, no. 1721.