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A very rare Swansea inkwell circa 1815-17
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA very rare Swansea inkwell
circa 1815-17
Of compressed circular form, the upper surface finely turned around the central opening and gilded with cross-hatched and foliate bands on a gilt ground, the wide border below with gilt and puce scrollwork reserved on a bright green powdered ground, 6cm diam, script mark in gold (slight wear to gilding on the upper surface)
Of compressed circular form, the upper surface finely turned around the central opening and gilded with cross-hatched and foliate bands on a gilt ground, the wide border below with gilt and puce scrollwork reserved on a bright green powdered ground, 6cm diam, script mark in gold (slight wear to gilding on the upper surface)
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Provenance: Sir Leslie Joseph Collection. Exhibited: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery 1969, number 65. Illustrated by A E (Jimmy) Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration, p 155, pl 5
