31 Mar 2010
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain
Back to auction 18424
The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain
Back to auction 18424
An exceptional Worcester creamboat
circa 1753-4
Of delightful small size moulded with reeding, the thin angular handle with a pronounced thumbrest, the finely moulded cartouche panels enamelled in colours with Chinese riverscapes, one with a figure fishing, the interior with four Precious Objects, 10.9cm long, traces of a workman's mark in enamel
Of delightful small size moulded with reeding, the thin angular handle with a pronounced thumbrest, the finely moulded cartouche panels enamelled in colours with Chinese riverscapes, one with a figure fishing, the interior with four Precious Objects, 10.9cm long, traces of a workman's mark in enamel
Sold for
£9,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: the Gwen and Ronald McKnight Melvin Collection, Simon Spero 2007, catalogue no. 19. Spero refers to an incised mark, but close examination shows this to be a Worcester workman's mark painted in a pale enamel colour, a feature only occasionally seen on coloured creamboats.
Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics
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