Lot 34
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FOUR STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE TRIANGULAR SWEETMEAT DISHES

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FOUR STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE TRIANGULAR SWEETMEAT DISHES
CIRCA 1760

EACH MOULDED ALLOVER WITH SCROLLING FRUITING VINE AND FLOWERING BRANCHES ENAMELLED WITH COLOURED SHELLS AT THE CORNERS AND ONE SIDE MOULDED WITH A CROWNED LADY'S HEAD IN PROFILE, JACOBS COLLECTION NO. 367 (ONE WITH SHORT HAIRLINE CRACK AND CHIP TO CORNER, ANOTHER WITH A SHORT HAIRLINE)--5IN. (12.5CM.) EACH SIDE (4)
Provenance
SIR CHALRES SHUCKBURGH, BART.
WITH TILLEY & CO., LTD. LONDON
MARJORIE WIGGIN PRESCOTT, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, MARCH 6, 1981, LOT 68

Lot Essay

CF. A NEST OF FOUR PRESS-MOULDED TRIANGULAR TRAYS IS IN THE CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ILLUSTRATED IN MOUNTFORD, LLUSTRATED GUIDE PL. 104; SEE ALSO GRIGSBY, WELDON COLLECTION, PL. 40 FOR THREE OTHER EXAMPLES AND A REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT SET OF FOUR.

MADE BY TOM AND JOHN WEDGWOOD OF 'THE BIG HOUSE' BURSLEM