Staffordshire ochre luster earthenware jug. Sailing ship with poem verso. Measures 5.75" high x 7.5" spout to handle.
Dutch 18th century brass double candle sconce with pierced and punched decoration. No repairs, excellent condition. Measures 8" high x 6.75" wide x 4" deep. For a similar example please see: "The Brass Book" by Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, 1978, page 131 C.
Sunderland earthenware luster jug. Ancient Order of Foresters with a storm-tossed galleon ship verso. Measures 5.5" high by 7.5" spout to handle. Excellent condition.
19th century English or Scottish barrel-form salt box. Walnut backboard, fluted and tapered mahogany staves, pine lid. Brass bands held with handmade brass screws. Measures 10.75" high x 8" wide at base, 6.5" wide at top, 5.5" deep at base, and 4.75" deep at top. Excellent condition.
19th century Staffordshire Sunderland and Tyne earthenware luster bowl. Decorated with a sailing ship and a sailor's verse. Staffordshire, England, circa 1830. Measures 7.25 inches across and 4 inches high. Very good original condition. 'The sails unfurl, let the billows curl. The north wind bleak we brave; And strangers to fear, our wild course steers, thru' the foam of the wintry waves; Let the hurricane howl, be it fair or foul, our ardour nought can check. On the giddy Top-mast we sing to the (?), our (?) on the sea wash'd deck.'