Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018
Lot 239
Three Bow cutlery handles c.1755-58
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £250
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Description
Three Bow cutlery handles c.1755-58, an armorial knife with a pistol haft moulded and painted in polychrome enamels with a mermaid crest for the Minett or O'Bryne family, a two-pronged fork white-glazed and moulded with foliate scrolls, and a four-pronged fork later enamelled with fruiting vine on a yellow ground, 27.3cm overall max. (3)
Provenance: from a private collection in Somerset.