English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020
Lot 425
A rare Derby bowl in the Meissen style late 18th century
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £100
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Description
A rare Derby bowl in the Meissen style late 18th century, probably made as a replacement for a tea service, painted with harbour scenes within scrollwork borders, blue crossed swords marks, and a London-decorated Chinese porcelain teabowl and saucer, finely decorated in the James Giles atelier with panels of butterflies in flight above European flower sprays, within puce panels on a pale yellow ground, damages, 16.2cm max. (3)
Provenance: a private collection in Sussex.