Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2024
Lot 732
A Lowestoft blue and white documentary teabowl and saucer, dated 1779, painted with willow and
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1008
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Description
A Lowestoft blue and white documentary teabowl and saucer, dated 1779, painted with willow and chrysanthemum issuing from holey rockwork beside an ornamental fence, each piece inscribed to the underside with 'Jas Gray 1779', two short rim cracks, 12cm. (2)
Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft, p.229 where this teabowl and saucer are listed. The sale record on p.243 shows it was sold at Sotheby & Co on 14th July 1938 for £9, property of Charles A King Esq.