Derby Pr. Ice Pails
61*
A pair of Derby ice pails, liners and covers, circa 1785
Of cylindrical shape with two scroll handles highlighted in gold over round feet, lavishly painted in pattern number 3, with quatrelobed cartouches of stylised animals within black borders, set against alternating green and gold diaper panels and puce clouds, 22cm high to rim (6)
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
US$ 4,600 - 7,600
€3,600 - 5,900

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Graham and Oxley Antiques. A centre dish painted in this pattern in the collection of the National Museum of Wales is illustrated by H.G. Bradley (Ed.), Ceramics of Derbyshire (1978), p.170-171, pl.282.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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