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Scottish blue-and-white porcelain chamber pot, intact.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Scottish blue-and-white porcelain chamber pot, intact.
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This item SOLD at 2011 Oct 26 @ 18:31UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Scottish blue-and-white porcelain chamber pot, intact. 1435 grams, 5-1/2" tall and 8-1/2" in diameter. Beautifully intact and with vibrant blue floral pattern under shiny, slightly crazed glaze, anchor and F.V. & F. in wreath on rim, small simple handle on side, pockmarked here and there where barnacles were removed but otherwise choice and impressive for a wreck item, made by J. & M.P. Bell & Co. in Glasgow, Scotland (ca. 1842-1928), but unmarked. With original Christie's South Kensington certificate (lot #266) from 1997. Recovered from:General Abbatucci, sunk in 1869 off Corsica