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Lot 128

A Worcester shell sweetmeat dish, circa 1758

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£400 - £600

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A Worcester shell sweetmeat dish, circa 1758

The deep, open shell curled over at one side, the undulating rim delicately shaded in purple, the interior painted with a Meissen-style flower spray and scattered leaves, 13.2cm long

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Provenance
Ralph Kenber Collection

A similar shell from The Crane Collection was sold by Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 202. Another was shown in Albert Amor's First Decade Exhibition, 1981, no.65.

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