Glass, English and Continental Ceramics - 24th May 2005
Lot 534
A good Limehouse pickle dish
Estimate £1,600 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A good Limehouse pickle dish, moulded in the form of a scallop shell and painted in blue with a house on an island surrounded by three Chinese scroll motifs and a shell flanked by two leaves, the reverse with two flower stems, c.1746-48, 11cm.
Cf. Limehouse ware Revealed,No.107 for a dish with a similar design.
