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Lot 220

A Lowestoft coffee pot and cover, circa 1765

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Lowestoft coffee pot and cover, circa 1765

Of baluster shape with a scrolled handle and spout, the low domed cover with a mushroom finial, painted in blue on both sides with chinoiserie riverscapes in irregularly shaped panels, smaller panels and round floral reserves to the cover and spout, all reserved on a deep powder blue ground, 23.8cm high (2)

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Provenance
Barrett Collection

A very similar coffee pot is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.86, pl.95 and another with a mixture of river scenes and flowers by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1, no.121. The irregularly shaped reserves are a feature of Lowestoft wares with powder blue grounds. A powder blue fragment was found near the factory site in 1967.

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