Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019

Lot 105

A Longton Hall cup or wine taster

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A Longton Hall cup or wine taster, c.1755, the peach-shaped body applied to the exterior with a flowering branch, its stem forming the twig handle, decorated in famille rose enamels with further flower sprays to the exterior and interior well, a filled rim chip, 13.8cm across.

Provenance: Brian Haughton, Olympia Antiques Fair, 10 June 2004.

Cf. Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, pl.67A for a similar example.