Lot Essay
Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms, 25 October 1976, lot 150, illustrated by John Twitchett in Derby Porcelain (1980), fig. 97, p. 102.
CIRCA 1770, WITH CONTEMPORARY WHITE-METAL MOUNTS
Details
Three Derby baluster cruet-bottles
Circa 1770, with contemporary white-metal mounts
Named for MUSTARD, PEPPR (sic.) and SUGAR within oval gilt-scroll cartouches flanked by puce flowers, surrounded by green and gilt loose bouquets, above a gilt-line rim (mustard with minute chip to rim beneath mount)
5¼in. (13.5cm.) and 4½in. (11.5cm.) high overall (3)
Circa 1770, with contemporary white-metal mounts
Named for MUSTARD, PEPPR (sic.) and SUGAR within oval gilt-scroll cartouches flanked by puce flowers, surrounded by green and gilt loose bouquets, above a gilt-line rim (mustard with minute chip to rim beneath mount)
5¼in. (13.5cm.) and 4½in. (11.5cm.) high overall (3)