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A Bow scallop shell pickle dish, circa 1758-62
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £900 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Bow scallop shell pickle dish, circa 1758-62
The underside finely moulded and applied with three peg feet, the upper surface painted in blue with a group of finely detailed plants, including chrysanthemum and bamboo, an insect in flight above, an undulating border of diaper and half-flowerhead panels inside the rim, 12.6cm high, painter's numeral 15 (small rim chip)
Footnotes
A very similar dish is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain, pl 63, p 60
