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A rare pair of Pinxton tureens and covers circa 1800
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,120 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 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)
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)
Footnotes
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
