A green glazed cornucopia, a teapot, a bowl and a butter cup, circa 1760-70
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A green glazed cornucopia, a teapot, a bowl and a butter tub, circa 1760-70
The cornucopia moulded with a landscape scene of grazing animals before a country house, framed by trees with a windmill in the distance, with moulded flowers at the base with a shaped rim, 18.1cm long (some restoration), the teapot, probably Wedgwood, of globular form with a leaf moulded handle and spout, sprigged with applied floral garlands and small sprigs, 15.5cm high (base crack) a small bowl decorated with sprigged decoration of fruiting vine, 10.5cm diam (broken and re-stuck), and an oval butter tub with basket work moulding with two pierced handles, 16cm wide (firing cracks) (5)
Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: the cornucopia exhibited by Garry Atkins, March 1994, fig.36 and is illustrated by Diana Edwards, The influence of Saltglazed Stoneware on Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware (2005) p.160, pl.160. The building is based on a design by Lord Burlington for a garden pavilion at Chiswick House and may be derived from an illustration in the 1746 edition of Gay's Fables. An identical pair in green was in the Goldweitz collection, lot 133. The teapot is illustrated by Roger Massey, Understanding Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware Re-examined (2005) p.19, pl.4. A very similar example is illustrated by Towner (1978), pl.8A.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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