A rare Limehouse blue and white creamboat, c.1746-48, of flared hexagonal shape, painted with

A rare Limehouse blue and white creamboat, c.1746-48, of flared hexagonal shape, painted with European landscapes, one side with a tall building with arched doorways, the reserve with a stone monument decorated with a mask, between moulded leaf and shell designs, broken and restuck, 14.5cm across.

Cf. Limehouse Ware Revealed, English Ceramics Circle, p.38, no.69.

Provenance: the David and Jan Birley Collection. Formerly the Susi and Ian Sutherland Collection.