British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 19th September 2023
Lot 178
A small delftware dessert basket, c.1760-70, probably Vauxhall, the well painted with a design of
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £420
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Description
A small delftware dessert basket, c.1760-70, probably Vauxhall, the well painted with a design of eight petals containing a lotus flower on a scrolled ground around a central lotus plant, the rim pierced with interlocking circles, raised on a low cylindrical foot, painter's numeral 4, some restoration, 17.3cm dia.
Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, no. C.25-1981, for a similar basket from the Lipski collection. See also Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol.9, Pt.2, pl.134 for details of sherds of this pattern excavated at Vauxhall.