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Lot 418

A rare Herculaneum vase, circa 1815

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£700 - £900

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A rare Herculaneum vase, circa 1815

Modelled in the French taste with handles formed as winged caryatids picked out in gold, painted with a girl seated in a rustic landscape, probably by W Dixon after 'The Gypsy Girl' by Sir Joshua Reynolds, reserved on a green ground within wide gilded borders, 24cm high, printed mark with 'Liver Bird' in puce

Footnotes

A vase of similar form was exhibited in 'Made in Liverpool', The Seventh Exhibition from the Northern Ceramic Society and is illustrated in the catalogue at p.152. A bough pot shown on the same page appears to be painted by the same hand as the present lot and is inscribed 'Painted by W Dixon 1811 Liverpool. W Smith and Child'. Smith was manager of the pottery and Dixon an independent decorator who later worked at the factory

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