Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023

Lot 757

A rare Vauxhall blue and white teabowl

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £220

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Description

A rare Vauxhall blue and white teabowl, c.1755, painted with a horse frolicking beneath a fringed tree and beside a short fence, the reverse and interior with a single flower sprig, two short rim cracks, 7.4cm dia.

Cf. Steven Goss, British Blue and White Porcelain Saucers, no.180, p.98 for a saucer in the same design from the Victoria and Albert Museum.