A rare Derby blue and white rouleau vase, c.1765-68, the cylindrical form painted in imitation of a

A rare Derby blue and white rouleau vase, c.1765-68, the cylindrical form painted in imitation of a Chinese original with birds and butterflies in flight above flowering plants issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a trellis border, a few small nibbles to the foot, 14cm.

Provenance: Rod Jellicoe. Formerly the Eric Manson Collection.

Exhibited: Simon Spero, 2012, no.39.

This shape is otherwise unrecorded in English porcelain and possibly copies a Meissen original deriving from a 17th century Chinese form. In his 2012 catalogue, Spero posits the theory that the vase could have been made as a replacement for a small garniture, since Derby specialised in replacements for Continental services at the time.