English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021

Lot 592

A rare William Reid (Liverpool) blue and white small plate or stand c.1756-61

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £700

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Description

A rare William Reid (Liverpool) blue and white small plate or stand c.1756-61, the shallow circular form painted with a Chinese lady seated with a fan beneath a fringed tree beside a table set for tea, the rim with a panelled trellis border, 10.8cm.

Illustrated: Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain, p.76, pl.3.157.

Exhibited: Phillips, Liverpool Exhibition, 1997.

Provenance: the Bernard Watney Collection.