"AM NOT I A MAN AND A BROTHER" ENGLISH ANTI-SLAVERY PITCHER.
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Winning Bid:
$1,557.60 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
9
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #231 Part I
Value Code:
J/K - $700 to $2,000 Help Icon
Item Description
4.25" tall. Strawberry luster accents. Produced in England around the anti-slavery movement between 1820 and 1830. A shackled African man seated on a beach w/a ship bearing the British flag in the distance. The reverse is a quotation from a poem by William Cowper. Spout has been reconstructed and there are scattered dots of missing luster along top rim. Otherwise extremely clean w/only light wear. Fine. The front transfer was adapted from a Wedgwood plaque.
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