Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018
Lot 319
A Plymouth shell salt c.1768-70
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
A Plymouth shell salt c.1768-70, left in the white, the large shell supported on a base of further smaller shells and coral, a small amount of good restoration, 12.7cm across.
Cf. F Severne Mackenna, Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain, pl. 35, fig. 57 for an enamelled pair of the same form.