A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE JUG, CIRCA 1720

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE JUG, CIRCA 1720

painted with shaped panels of flowering plants alternating with leafy vines and scrollwork, the pewter-mounted handle similarly decorated with leaves and scrolls, PAK monogram mark for Pieter Adriaensz Kocx, De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory.
height 7 ¾ in.
19.7 cm

Condition Report:
The body with a four-point star crack to body, with some restoration along two of the branches of the crack, which extends just over half of the circumference around the bulbous section. The rim with typical glaze loss. Foot rim nibble chips. The Pewter mount broken at hinge and cover loose.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label