British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 30th April 2024
Lot 504
A rare Bow blue and white two-handled sauceboat, c.1750-52, painted in a bright blue with a bird
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £479
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Description
A rare Bow blue and white two-handled sauceboat, c.1750-52, painted in a bright blue with a bird perched on branches of flowering magnolia within a hatched diaper border, the twin handles with mask head terminals, 17.7cm.
Provenance: the Henry Lawrence Collection. Purchased Neal's, Nottingham, 6th May 2002.
Cf. Phillips, The Watney Collection, Part III, lot 838 for a similar example.
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE