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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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A Lowestoft tea canister

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)

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For the shape see Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p 70, pl 65

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