English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020
Lot 271
A Staffordshire salt-glazed small dish or tray c.1750
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
A Staffordshire salt-glazed small dish or tray c.1750, moulded with a Chinese figure standing before a pagoda, the shaped rim with a variety of flowering plants and a further figure trapping a large bird, decorated with polychrome enamels, a section broken out and restuck, 11.7cm.
Cf. Arnold R. Mountford, The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware, no.132 for a similar example left in the white.