A Nantgarw centrepiece, circa 1818-20
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A Nantgarw centrepiece, circa 1818-20
Of footed and shaped oval form with shell-moulded handles, painted in London, possibly in the Sims workshop, with a central flower spray surrounded by numerous smaller scattered sprays and sprigs, the handles with delicate gilded scrollwork, 35.5cm wide (slight wear to gilding)
Sold for £750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • See WD John, Nantgarw Porcelain (1948), illustration 19d for a similar example and Oliver Fairclough, The London China Trade 1800-1830, ECC Trans, Vol 16, Part 2, 1997, p 213, pl 28 for another, attributed to the Sims workshop

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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