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Lot 232

A rare English porcelain teabowl attributed to Vauxhall, circa 1755

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17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare English porcelain teabowl attributed to Vauxhall, circa 1755

Made as a replacement or 'matching' for a Meissen service, painted in purple camaieu with a continuous Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside, the interior with indianische Blumen within an iron-red double-line border, with a gilt border to the rim with alternating star and scroll motif, 8.3cm diam (minute rim chips, fine crack)

Footnotes

Provenace:
Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 108
Garrick Bond Collection

This teabowl was produced as a replacement for a Meissen service of circa 1730, which was offered for sale by Bonhams, 12 December 2012, lot 39. The paste and glaze and the appearance of the gilding strongly suggests that this replacement teabowl was made at Vauxhall. It therefore shows that the original Meissen set was in England prior to the mid-1750s

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Please note that Derby has been suggested as an alternative attribution for this lot

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