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Left: New York's Leo Kaplan Ltd. is showcasing an English pearlware Toby jug that personiļ¬es
Bacchus. This important specimen is decorated in underglaze Pratt colors and dates from
around 1790; Right: Based in Gilford, N.H., Mark and Marjorie Allen Antiques, specialists in
tin-glazed pottery, are underscoring the rarity of a late-17th-century Bristol straight-sied small
posset and cover. This exquisite object is decorated in the transitional Ming style in blue and
...a stunning testament to
the myriad ways in
which a work of art,
ceramic or otherwise,
anonymous or famous,
comes into being...
