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376. EARLY DATED 1781 JUG. 5.3ins tall. An
important dark brown salt glaze jug by Robert
Brettingham De Carle dated 1781. Hand thrown in
the form of a hooped barrel, the handle realistically
modelled as a branch attached by modelled straps -
lower one bears the potters signature. Fine detailed
high relief all over cornucopia, winged cherub below
spout, cottage one side, family picnic to other, ears
of wheat just above the foot. Raised letters & date
below: D/ R A/ 1781. See Browne Muggs, p46, illus.
81, & Hildyard English Browne Stoneware p59, illus.
24. for similar - initials specifically name attributed.
in each. An item quite above & beyond the usual we
377. EARLY
GOBLET. 5.3ins
tall. T.t. salt glaze
- top quite dark,
lower, lighter
area, variating.
Various very well
modelled applied
sprigs, rouletted
bands. We
stab at possibly
Derbyshire made,
c. 1840? Dudley
Davidson base
sticker. Exc/ A1, a
rare item. NR. £80-
120+
the Dudley Davidson
Collection Part 1
see in salt glaze. Robert Brettingham de Carle came from an East
Anglian family of masons & sculptors & is believed to have worked
for Mrs Coades stone factory in Lambeth. Very few of his wares
are recorded, all characterised by the high quality relief modelling
credited to have turned utilitarian stoneware into luxury products.
There is a similar item in the Victoria & Albert Museum, minus the
building vignette, & another in the Hampshire County Museum. A
similar jug sold at Bonhams in 2016 for £3,500 inc. premium. With
thanks to collector Neil
Smith for additional
information. Dudley
Davidson base sticker.
Minute old base & rim
flakes. 9.5/10. NR. £800-
1,200+
Across all subsequent LIVE &
online Bottle & Pot Lid Auctions
BBR will filter through this
extensive, world importance,
specialist collection. All put
together by an astute collector,
from the early 60’s, from the
South East. Dudley was well
placed to snap up examples
before the collecting hobby
gained momentum & included
in this special collection are a
good number of unique, highly
significant & important early
English salt glaze pieces. All items
carry a DD provenance sticker.
Several articles on the collection
in the BBR magazine.
simply click any online
image to enlarge