13th Jul, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Summer Fine Sale
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A Whieldon-Type Creamware Hare, circa 1770, naturalistically modelled crouching, with manganese markings on a mound base applied with flowerheads
10cm long
Provenance: With paper label for Jonathan Horne Antiques
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000
No restoration. Glaze widely crazed. Flat chip under the base towards the rear of the model, another smaller chip close by. Horizontal crack on the rear of the base. Firing tears at the top of the front legs.
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Auction: Summer Fine Sale, 13th Jul, 2024
The Summer Fine Sale offers nearly 450 lots of ceramics, Asian art, clocks, rugs, works of art and furniture, including a collection of 19th century Terracotta Campagna Urns from Raby Castle, County Durham, a Lock of Florence Nightingale's Hair, and a French Alabaster Figure Group of the Holy Family, probably made in South West France in the late 14th century. A Private Collection of English Pottery will be offered in twenty-three lots, including numerous Prattware and Creamware figures, and the sale will also include pieces of fine 19th century furniture and good early oak and walnut furniture.
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Sunday 7th July - Friday 12th July 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am
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