The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025
A rare Longton Hall cup and a beaker, c.1755-58, each painted in the manner of the Castle Painter,
A rare Longton Hall cup and a beaker, c.1755-58, each painted in the manner of the Castle Painter, the cup with a lady holding a fan and seated beside water with a ship and buildings beyond, the other with a woman stretched out on a grassy bank beside a poplar tree, the reverse with a tall flowering plant, some restoration to the beaker, 6.3cm max. (2)
Cf. Phillips, The Watney Collection, Part 1, 22nd September 1999, lot 87 for a coffee cup in the same design as the beaker.