An important Vauxhall tea canister c.1752-54

An important Vauxhall tea canister c.1752-54, each side decorated with a spray of garden flowers amidst scattered single blooms, a large butterfly to one side, the shoulder moulded with basketweave, the cover lacking, 10cm. Provenance: Bonhams, The Joseph Handley Collection, Sept 1999, lot 190, and The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain, November 2003, lot 295. Illustrated: Simon Spero Exhibition 2001, no. 12.