Parian Milk Jug, "The Miser"<BR>Sold October 2015; H-IX-384792 - Products - Seekers Antiques

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Parian Milk Jug, "The Miser"
Sold October 2015; H-IX-384792

Description:	A vaguely moral statement is illustrated by familiar caricatures of a wily Silas Marner ty... A vaguely moral statement is illustrated by familiar caricatures of a wily Silas Marner type on one side and two rogues sampling the grape on the reverse, all set off by a tangle of grape vines running rampant over this glossy mid-century parian form. More
Mark:	No Marks
Date:	Mid 19th Century
Dimensions:	Height 4 in.
Condition:	Fine, faint firing line at handle join on rim
Comment:	This miser pre-dates Eliot's Silas Marner, deriving from a Dutch 17th century painting by... This miser pre-dates Eliot's Silas Marner, deriving from a Dutch 17th century painting by David Teniers (Louvre). The figure also appears on Pratt-type ceramics we have owned as early as the 1790's. More
Product No:	CCT05
Price:	$ 55.00, sold

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