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Lot 146

A Worcester salt by John Toulouse, circa 1768-70

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £1,000

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A Worcester salt by John Toulouse, circa 1768-70

Modelled as a shell set upon a trefoil rockwork base encrusted with applied coral, seaweed and shells, the interior of the dish painted with a colourful flower spray, the edge shaded in pink with gilt rim, the bases naturalistically coloured, 10.3cm wide, impressed T mark for the modeller John Toulouse

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Provenance
Ralph Kenber Collection

A pair of similar salts from the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection was sold by Bonhams, 7 March 2007, lot 199. A single-shell example with the base left in the white from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams, 23 February 2005, lot 211.

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