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Lot 243

Five pieces of Vauxhall porcelain, circa 1755-60

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Five pieces of Vauxhall porcelain, circa 1755-60

Painted in blue, comprising a teapot of unusually small size painted with a Chinese riverscape, 6cm high (spout chipped, cover lacking), a bell-shaped mug with a ridged handle, painted with a grand pagoda within a fenced garden, 9cm high (cracked and chipped), a milk jug painted with a Chinaman beside a triangular fence, 7.8cm high (cracked and chipped), another with a figure seated at a table laid with a potted plant, a boy in animated pose to the right, 7.9cm high (filled rim chips), and a rare bell-shaped cup, 6.2cm high (handle lacking) (5)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Simon Spero 1994 (teapot only)
Garrick Bond Collection

The first jug is illustrated in Ceramics of Vauxhall, ECC 2007, p.77, no.126 and the bell-shaped cup at p.79, no.132

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