Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 755
A rare Vauxhall blue and white coffee can
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A rare Vauxhall blue and white coffee can, c.1760, well painted with European figures in the manner of delftware, a couple seated beside, bushes, trees and a three-bar gate, with a finely potted grooved loop handle, 6cm.
Provenance: the David and Jan Birley Collection. Formerly the Billie Pain Collection.
Exhibited: Dreweatt Neate Loan Exhibition 1996, no. 90; also the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar Loan Exhibition 1999, no. 42.