Lot Essay
See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration 1849-1992, Essex, 1992, pp. 162-163 for a similar vase and a discussion on the free-lance status of F. Schenk.
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CIRCA 1890, GILT SHAPE NO. 5639B, PERHAPS BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE OR GEORGE JONES, PROBABLY BY FREDERICK SCHENK
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE DARK-OLIVE GREEN GROUND VASES
Circa 1890, gilt shape no. 5639B, perhaps Brown-Westhead, Moore or George Jones, probably by Frederick Schenk
Each of flattened oviform, the short neck with a band of holly flanked by fixed gilt ring handles, finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a diaphanously clad nymph fishing with a small boy within gilt line and bead surround
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high (2)
Circa 1890, gilt shape no. 5639B, perhaps Brown-Westhead, Moore or George Jones, probably by Frederick Schenk
Each of flattened oviform, the short neck with a band of holly flanked by fixed gilt ring handles, finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a diaphanously clad nymph fishing with a small boy within gilt line and bead surround
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high (2)