$1,200
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
Modeled in the form of a cushion, the cover surmounted by a recumbent white sheep dog serving as the handle, the interior finely glazed in mottled tortoiseshell and molded with two pen rests to either side of a center well flanked by two removable and recessed ink pots, raised on tassel-form feet issuing from the pillow's corded trim, the base impressed with registration lozenge; together with a small card box modeled with leather belted straps and surmounted by knotted rope handle, signed underglaze 610, 11 to underside of lid. (2). .
H: 4, W: 9 3/4, D: 8 in. (largest).Provenance: Property from the collection of Debra and I. Michael Coslov, Haverford, PA.