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Lot 125
A Lowestoft tea canister Circa 1765.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Circa 1765.
Of octagonal form, painted in blue with a three story pavilion within a fenced enclosure upon an island, a fisherman in a sampan nearby among smaller islands, below a border of half-flowerheads reserved upon a diaper pattern band, two flowers sprays and smaller sprigs to the shoulder, 9.5cm high, painter's mark (lacking cover)
Of octagonal form, painted in blue with a three story pavilion within a fenced enclosure upon an island, a fisherman in a sampan nearby among smaller islands, below a border of half-flowerheads reserved upon a diaper pattern band, two flowers sprays and smaller sprigs to the shoulder, 9.5cm high, painter's mark (lacking cover)
Footnotes
For the shape see Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p 70, pl 65
