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Lot 190

Three Liverpool (James Pennington) asparagus servers, circa 1767-73

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Three Liverpool (James Pennington) asparagus servers, circa 1767-73

Of traditional fan shape, the pierced sides with scroll-moulded rims picked out in blue, comprising a pair painted in blue with a large spray of flowers, 8.5cm long, and another printed in blue with a floral spray flanked by smaller sprigs, 8.1cm long (3)

Footnotes

One of the pair was exhibited at the NCS Made in Liverpool exhibition, 1993 catalogue, no.117 and is illustrated by Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804 (2011), pp.130-1, fig.4.113. Hillis states that asparagus servers are very rare in Liverpool and were presumably all made by James Pennington. The few surviving examples have pierced sides resembling creamware.

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