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Lot 329

Two rare Champion's Bristol botanical teabowls and three saucers, circa 1775

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two rare Champion's Bristol botanical teabowls and three saucers, circa 1775

The saucers painted with specimens of daphne, cyclamen and rose, the teabowls with geranium and carnation, the gilt dentil borders hung with smaller sprigs and three evenly spaced scrollwork motifs, saucers 12.7cm diam, '1' in gold, saucers with crossed swords and dot marks (one saucer damaged, one with slight wear to rim) (5)

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Provenance:
Trapnell Collection (one teabowl and two saucers)
Peter Stephens Collection (one teabowl and saucer sold by Bonhams, 12 September 2001, lot 160)
Watney Collection

The teabowl and saucer from the Peter Stephens Collection was exhibited in the Bristol Porcelain Bicentenary Exhibition 1770-1970, no.225f, along with a teapot and stand, pair of saucer dishes, milk jug and a coffee cup and saucer from the same service in the Bristol City Art Gallery's Collection (MacGregor Duncan Bequest). One saucer dish from the same set is illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Champion's Bristol Porcelain (1947), fig.49 and the slop bowl painted with the same specimen of cyclamen by Albert Amor, Catalogue of the Trapnell Collection, no.193

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