A Staffordshire pearlware 'Fair Hebe' jug, dated 1788

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A Staffordshire pearlware 'Fair Hebe' jug, dated 1788 Modelled by Jean Voyez with three figures in high relief against an oak tree, a portly gentleman standing on one side, a bottle at his feet and a dog jumping up beside him, a ribbon impressed 'A BUMPER...A BUMPER' behind his head, the reverse with a man offering a bird's nest to his female companion, a notice posted above them impressed 'FAIR HEBE', a stump impressed 'I.Voyez 1788', 19.6cm high Footnotes: The 'Fair Hebe' jugs are discussed by Robert Charleston in his ECC paper, 'Jean Voyez', Trans. Vol.5, Pt.1 (1960), pp.24-26. Voyez apparently provided models for Fair Hebe jugs to a number of different potters, including Richard Astbury, Enoch Wood and Robert Garner. A small size jug in plain creamware is known with a portrait on the reverse of the poet William Shenstone, the author of a song from 1743 which included lines in praise of a 'Fair Hebe', quoted in Charleston's paper. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A Staffordshire pearlware 'Fair Hebe' jug, dated 1788

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