A CREAMWARE 'GRAND PLATT MENAGE', the circular base with four fixed circular holders pierced with a band of trellis and containing two baluster jugs, one cover and one associated cover and two pierced baluster pots with scroll handles, each moulded with a band of foliage, surrounding a central shaped circular column, the capital moulded with acanthus leaves and supported by four scroll branches, the lower parts supporting two pierced oval two-handled baskets and two shell-dishes the upper parts supporting four octagonal pierced shallow trays and the scroll terminals suspending four pierced oval baskets with shaped scroll-moulded borders and rope-twist handles, the whole surmounted by a detachable vase and cover on a square plinth supported by winged mermaids and moulded with cherub's masks and scrolls beneath acanthus borders, the finial to the domed cover modelled as a figure of Plenty (cover repaired, two mermaids with one wing repaired, one with wing restored and three with some restoration to tails, finial to column a restored replacement, two octagonal trays and one shell-dish restored, one hanging basket with rim repair, another with rim chip, one jug with slight chip to spout, slight damage to handle and terminal lacking), circa 1780, probably Yorkshire, Leeds Pottery62cm. high

A CREAMWARE 'GRAND PLATT MENAGE', the circular base with four fixed circular holders pierced with a band of trellis and containing two baluster jugs, one cover and one associated cover and two pierced baluster pots with scroll handles, each moulded with a band of foliage, surrounding a central shaped circular column, the capital moulded with acanthus leaves and supported by four scroll branches, the lower parts supporting two pierced oval two-handled baskets and two shell-dishes the upper parts supporting four octagonal pierced shallow trays and the scroll terminals suspending four pierced oval baskets with shaped scroll-moulded borders and rope-twist handles, the whole surmounted by a detachable vase and cover on a square plinth supported by winged mermaids and moulded with cherub's masks and scrolls beneath acanthus borders, the finial to the domed cover modelled as a figure of Plenty (cover repaired, two mermaids with one wing repaired, one with wing restored and three with some restoration to tails, finial to column a restored replacement, two octagonal trays and one shell-dish restored, one hanging basket with rim repair, another with rim chip, one jug with slight chip to spout, slight damage to handle and terminal lacking), circa 1780, probably Yorkshire, Leeds Pottery 62cm. high

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A similar example was sold in these Rooms on 18 May 1992, lot 22. See also Peter Walton, Creamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, pp. 120-121, no. 461 for the same model but lacking its containers, and Donald Towner, Creamware (1978), p. 140, pl. 69

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