Lot 113
113
A RARE 'PROVISION FOR THE CONVENT' TEABOWL AND SAUCER AND A MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA CARROLL CRAWFORD
A RARE 'PROVISION FOR THE CONVENT' TEABOWL AND SAUCER AND A MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A RARE 'PROVISION FOR THE CONVENT' TEABOWL AND SAUCER AND A MYTHOLOGICAL PLATE
Mid-18th century
Teabowl and saucer showing the barefoot monk, a crucifix around his neck, smuggling a woman through the monastery gate hidden in a sheaf of wheat strapped to his back, the plate finely painted with the lovers Jupiter and Juno, an eagle and cherubs at their feet and a peacock to her side, within elaborate strapwork borders incorporating peacocks and enriched in gilt
4¾ and 9in. (12 and 22.8cm.) diam. (3)

Lot Essay

The 'Naughty Friar' scene after a broadsheet printed circa 1742 for B. Dickinson, The Corner of Bell-Savage Inn, Ludgate Hill, which became popular amongst the anti-Catholic and anti-Jacobite crowd. See Howard and Ayers, op. cit., pp. 366-7

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