Lot Essay
Cf. Michael Messenger, Coalport (1795-1926), , pl. 181, for a pair of ornamental tureens with similar grisaille by Robert Frederick Abraham after Flaxman
CIRCA 1861, GILT AMPERSAND CSN MONOGRAMS
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A LARGE COALPORT MAGENTA GROUND VASE AND COVER
circa 1861, gilt ampersand csn monograms
Painted en grisaille with mythological freize with Athena and Zeus reserved on a pale-blue ground, possibly by Robert Abraham, the gadrooned cover, lower portion and foot enriched in gilt
19¼in. (49cm.) high
circa 1861, gilt ampersand csn monograms
Painted en grisaille with mythological freize with Athena and Zeus reserved on a pale-blue ground, possibly by Robert Abraham, the gadrooned cover, lower portion and foot enriched in gilt
19¼in. (49cm.) high