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Lot 271

A very rare Vauxhall polychrome printed saucer dish, circa 1755-57

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £3,000

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A very rare Vauxhall polychrome printed saucer dish, circa 1755-57

The centre printed with two figures on horseback beside a tree with a broken branch, surrounded by a gilded band which mirrors the shape of the distinctive lobed rim, the border with two flower sprays, scattered sprigs and two insects in flight, the rim also gilded, 20.2cm diam (slight wear to gilding only)

Footnotes

The same print as the larger of the two flower sprays is found on a plate and on a figure of Britannia shown side-by-side by Bernard Watney, The Vauxhall China Works, ECC Trans, Vol.13, Pt.3, pl.212(bottom). Figural prints are rare at Vauxhall. See Ceramics of Vauxhall, ECC 2007, p.47, no.31 and p.54, no. 53 for a bowl and a coffee can with prints from the same series. Two plates of the same form but with different prints are shown by Bernard Watney, ECC Trans, Vol.5, Pt.1, pl.33(a) and (b). This shape is also found with underglaze blue decoration

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