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A pearlware double canister, a creamware canister, a creamware coffee pot and three 'kiln wasters', circa 1760-80 image 1
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Lot 66

A pearlware double canister, a creamware canister, a creamware coffee pot and three 'kiln wasters', circa 1760-80

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A pearlware double canister, a creamware canister, a creamware coffee pot and three 'kiln wasters', circa 1760-80

The unusual pearlware double canister moulded with panels of Chinese figures heightened in blue, 9.8cm high, an enamelled creamware canister, 11cm high (cracked), an early creamware coffee pot with moulded Chinese panels and underglaze blue borders (cover lacking), two curious 'wasters' of tea canisters, one depicting a Highland shepherd, the other a bust of Queen Charlotte, and a biscuit creamware head snuff box with a screw top (wasters in excavated condition) (6)

Footnotes

It is not recorded where these fascinating kiln wasters were excavated. Loosely based on Whieldon-type mouldings, the use of a relief of a crowned head of the queen suggests a date around 1761. The crudely modelled shepherd may be depicted as a Highlander and if so, this could point to a provincial origin. The double canister derives from a well-known early Staffordshire model but here also the poor modelling gives the piece a provincial feel. Tea canisters were of course a speciality of Bovey Tracey.

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