English and European Ceramics and Glass - 6th March 2012

Lot 423

A good Bow blue and white sauceboat c.1760

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

A good Bow blue and white sauceboat c.1760, well painted with butterflies and beetles among English flowers to the exterior, the interior with Oriental blooms below a cell diaper border, 19cm. Provenance: paper label for the L. B. Knouff Collection, no.296. Previously in the Ainslie Collection. Illustrated: Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, pl.18B.