Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018

Lot 244

A knife and fork with Longton Hall porcelain handles c.1755

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £350

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Description

A knife and fork with Longton Hall porcelain handles c.1755, the pistol hafts moulded with scrollwork and painted with the armorial crest of an eagle for Middleton of Leighton Hall in Lancashire, the scrollwork picked out in purple, red and gilt, 27.6cm overall. (2)

Provenance: from a private collection in Somerset.