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A rare Lowestoft cruet bottle Circa 1763-66.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,320 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare Lowestoft cruet bottle
Circa 1763-66.
Of pear shape with an everted rim and pointed lip, the angular handle pierced on the upper and lower supports, painted in blue with a flowering peony and bamboo issuing from pierced rockwork, below a border with a half-flowerhead reserved on a diaper pattern band, scrollwork to the handle, small sprigs to the footrim, 15.6cm high, indistinct painters numeral inside footrim (spout repaired)
Of pear shape with an everted rim and pointed lip, the angular handle pierced on the upper and lower supports, painted in blue with a flowering peony and bamboo issuing from pierced rockwork, below a border with a half-flowerhead reserved on a diaper pattern band, scrollwork to the handle, small sprigs to the footrim, 15.6cm high, indistinct painters numeral inside footrim (spout repaired)
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The shape appears to be unique in English Porcelain. The holes in the handle are presumably to restrain a cork or stopper of some kind. A similar bottle from the Barbara Leake Collection was sold in these rooms 12 March 2008, lot 299 and illustrated by Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft (1981), p 61, figs 73 and 74, together with a vase from which it appears likely that this rare shape was adapted. Also see Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain (1973), pl 81A and Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985) pl 90, for further examples
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