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Lot 201
A very rare Chamberlain sucrier and cover and a trio, circa 1795-1800
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £456 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA very rare Chamberlain sucrier and cover and a trio, circa 1795-1800
Of spiral-fluted or 'shanked' shape, the sucrier oval with false ring handles, the trio formed of a coffee can, a teabowl and a saucer, printed in underglaze blue with a formal Chinese riverscape with pavilions, fences and exotic vegetation, the elaborate borders outlined with traces of gilding, the sucrier 13cm high (fine crack in the can, wear to gilding) (5)
Footnotes
This formed part of the only recorded set of early Chamberlain blue-printed porcelain. It is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p. 76 and by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), pl. 653.
