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Lot 114
A Liverpool large shell sweetmeat dish, circa 1780-90
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£150 - £200
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Find your local specialistA Liverpool large shell sweetmeat dish, circa 1780-90
Attributed to John or Jane Pennington, of deep form with a boldly moulded handle picked out in blue, the interior printed with a spray of flowers including a thorny rose and a lily, surrounded by five scattered sprigs and a feathered border around the rim, 15.4cm long (cracked)
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Provenance: the Watney Collection. Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour plates 87 and 88, p 327 and pl 430, p 350. The shape also occurs in Worcester.
