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A rare Vauxhall plate, circa 1755-57
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,200 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare Vauxhall plate, circa 1755-57
Of plain circular form, painted in dark blue with a Chinese river scene, a lightly wooded island with a pagoda and a small hut in the background, a boat emerging from a densely planted island in the foreground, the border with six irregularly spaced landscape vignettes, 23.6cm diam (rim chip)
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Illustrated by Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall, fig 153, p 85 and by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), pl 216, p 180. Also illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, An Introduction to English Blue and White Porcelains (1974), pl. 9, fig. 53. This design occurs more usually on tea and coffee wares
