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Lot 206

A rare Lowestoft mustard pot, circa 1770

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £800

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A rare Lowestoft mustard pot, circa 1770

Of cylindrical form, the scrolled handle with a thumbrest, painted in blue with the 'Prunus Root' pattern, the flowering tree issuing from gnarled roots, a flowering branch on the reverse, 6.6cm high

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Provenance
Susi and Ian Sutherland Collection, Bonhams sale, 3 October 2007, lot 331

A similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. no. C.401&A-1924), complete with its cover, is illustrated by Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain (1973), pl.83C and by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.98, pl.114 where the same flowering branch can be seen, painted hanging down from the rim as on the present lot.

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