Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 342
A rare Caughley blue and white teabowl c.1780-85
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £280
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Description
A rare Caughley blue and white teabowl c.1780-85, printed with the Travellers pattern, a turbaned figure seated on the back of a donkey and smoking a pipe, a woman and child walking beside, the reverse with a further figure and child, S mark, 9cm dia.
Cf. The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue and White Patterns, p.63 for a discussion of the pattern which is based on an etching by the artist Paul Sandby (1731-1809).