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Lot 156

A rare Vauxhall vase and cover, circa 1755-57

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Vauxhall vase and cover, circa 1755-57

Of inverted baluster form with a deeply turned foot, painted in blue with sprays and sprigs of European flowers, with two insects in flight and a ladybird, the domed cover similarly decorated with flowers, one insect in flight and a ladybird, 20.8cm high (2)

Footnotes

Underglaze blue decoration in Meissen style is extremely rare in early English porcelain. A Vauxhall vase of slightly more slender form with closely related decoration is illustrated in Ceramics of Vauxhall (ECC 2007), p.62, no.73 and by Bernard Watney, The Vauxhall China Works 1751-1764, ECC Trans., Vol.13, Pt.3 (1989), pl.209(b). See also the example from the Garrick Bond Collection sold by Bonhams on 17 May 2017, lot 199.

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