An early Bow blue and white shell salt

An early Bow blue and white shell salt, c.1750, the deep shell salt painted in a bright blue with a gnarled willow tree beside tall rockwork and an ornamental fence, the rim with a formal fleur de lys border, raised on a rocky base formed from three whelk shells and applied with further small shells, a small rim chip, 11.7cm across.

Provenance: the David Stopher Collection.