A fine Flight, Barr and Barr cabinet cup and stand, circa 1814-16
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A fine Flight, Barr and Barr cabinet cup and stand by Thomas Baxter, circa 1814-16
The cup with twin gilded handles and a broad everted rim, painted by Thomas Baxter with a lady with her hands clasped together, looking upwards, titled 'Compunction', the reverse with a spray of flowers, within multi-coloured jewelled borders and reserved on a blue ground gilt with neoclassical ornament, a band of applied white pearls below the rim and around the well of the stand, stand 13.7cm diam, impressed crown and FBB marks, printed and script marks referring to Coventry Street address (2)
Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A cabinet cup of the same shape with closely related decoration is illustrated by John Sandon, The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), pp.130-131 where the portrait of Sappho is shown to have been based on Emma Hamilton. Baxter made many sketches of Emma, drawn from life during his visits to her between 1802-1804 and it is likely that the portraits on this and the following lot are also inspired by her. The jewelling and flower painting on this lot are also probably the work of Baxter.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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