English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 474
A Bow mug c.1750
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £850
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Description
A Bow mug c.1750, of cylindrical form with a spreading foot, delicately painted in muted enamels with flower arrangements suspended from leaf swags, with small moths in flight around, a short rim crack, 12.5cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).
Exhibited: the Ashmolean Museum 2009-2020.
Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, p.28, nos. 10 and 11 for mugs with identical decoration.