Four Lowestoft saucers, circa 1764-1780
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Four Lowestoft saucers, circa 1764-1780
Comprising a Hughes-type saucer painted with Chinoiserie landscapes and a 'key' border, 12cm diam, a very rare saucer printed in blue with the 'Two Pheasants' pattern, 12cm diam, a rare saucer printed and washed in blue with the 'Two Pheasants and a Peony' pattern, 11.8cm diam, and a saucer printed in blue with the 'Woman and Squirrel' pattern within a painted cellular border, 12cm diam (broken and restuck) (4)
Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: The 'Two Pheasants and a Peony' pattern saucer formerly in the Godden Collection, illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), p.301, pl.377. The patterns on the three printed saucers are discussed by John Howell, Transfer-printed Lowestoft Porcelain, ECC Trans, Vol.7, Part 3. A 'Two Pheasants' pattern teabowl and saucer is illustrated as pl.189(b), a 'Two Pheasants and a Peony' pattern saucer as pl.189(c) and a 'Woman and Squirrel' pattern saucer with a different border as pl.187(c).

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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