Lot Essay
See John and Griselda Lewis Pratt Ware (Woodbridge, 1984), p. 277 pl. 65 for a Pratt ware model of a 'circus elephant with passengers'. Although not a money-box, the elephant is of the same form.
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CIRCA 1800-20
Details
AN ENGLISH PRATT WARE DOUBLE MONEY-BOX
CIRCA 1800-20
Modelled as an elephant sponged with patches of black, and decorated with blue and ochre 'targets', with black ears, trunk and feet, supporting a crenellated turret on its back, standing on a stepped rectangular base
8.1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1800-20
Modelled as an elephant sponged with patches of black, and decorated with blue and ochre 'targets', with black ears, trunk and feet, supporting a crenellated turret on its back, standing on a stepped rectangular base
8.1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
With Jonathan Horne Antiques.
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