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Lot 5

A Bow scallop shell pickle dish, circa 1758-62

30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A 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)

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A very similar dish is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain, pl 63, p 60

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