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A very rare Irish delftware shell pickle stand or epergne, circa 1760 image 1
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Lot 155

A very rare Irish delftware shell pickle stand or epergne, circa 1760

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A very rare Irish delftware shell pickle stand or epergne, circa 1760

Probably Dublin, three tiers formed of seven upturned scallop shell dishes, raised on smaller shells around a central stem washed in dark blue, raised on three peg feet, the shell dishes painted in blue with wispy flowers, 15.2cm high

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Provenance
Anthony Belton, 1981
Graham Slater Collection

Exhibited by Jonathan Horne, Irish Delftware Exhibition 2000. Larger epergnes are discussed by Peter Francis in Irish Delftware (2000), pp.121-23. Although the present lot is not illustrated, Francis describes this example as one of only two smaller epergnes recorded. It is helpful to compare the style of flower painting with that exhibited on the larger example formerly in the Louis Lipski Collection, illustrated as fig.146, which had previously been attributed to Glasgow.

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