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Lot 243

A rare pair of Pinxton tureens and covers
circa 1800

14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare pair of Pinxton tureens and covers

circa 1800
Of shallow circular form with turned spreading feet and distinctive angular handles, the low-domed covers with button finials, decorated with oval panels of gilded scrollwork, reserved on a green 'seeded' ground, within borders of bright blue enamel flowers and leaves highlighted in red and gold, 16cm wide (one cover with chip to inner flange) (4)

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Provenance: Godden Reference Collection. This pattern is recorded with both green and red grounds. See N D Gent, The Patterns and Shapes of the Pinxton China Factory, fig 64, p 82. A tureen and cover of the same shape is illustrated at fig 86 and a different version of the same shape, with a taller cover, is shown at fig 101

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