Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018
Lot 339
A rare Lowestoft blue and white feeding cup c.1765-70
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350
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Description
A rare Lowestoft blue and white feeding cup c.1765-70, the bucket-shape body painted with bamboo issuing from an ornamental fence between flowering plants, the shaped partial fixed cover painted with a further flowering sprig, echoed to the long straight spout, painter's numeral inside the footrim, a crack to the base and spout, 15.5cm across.
Cf. Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol. I, no. 182.