Lot 26
26
Property from the Collection of MR. AND MRS. LANSDELL CHRISTIE
A PAIR OF DERBY BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED PLANT-POTS AND STANDS

Details
A PAIR OF DERBY BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED PLANT-POTS AND STANDS
CIRCA 1815, GILT CROWN, CROSSED-BATONS AND D MARKS AND GILDER'S 36 TO THE STANDS, PURPLE 39 TO THE POTS

Each of flaring cylindrical form, set into a circular stand with gilt bracket handles rising from mask terminals, finely painted in colours with birds in a wooded landscape, the reverse elaborately gilt with fountains and stylized foliage on the blue ground, handles restuck
7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high
(2)

Lot Essay

The fine painting on the present pair of plant-pots is traditionally ascribed to the hand of Richard Dodson, active 1813-1820. Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, London, 1980, fig. 278 (for the form) and fig. 301 (for the painting)