English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020

Lot 289

A Spode blue and white transferware cheese cradle c.1820

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £700

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Description

A Spode blue and white transferware cheese cradle c.1820, printed in the Rome or Tiber pattern with the Castle and Bridge of St Angelo, printed mark, 30.5cm.

Provenance: Alfred Gresham Copeland, Robert Copeland (1925-2010).

This pattern was inspired by two views taken from engravings found in Views of Rome and its Vicinity published by J. Merigot and R. Edwards, London, 1796-98.