Lot Essay
See The Watney Collection of Fine Early English Porcelain, Part II; Bonham's, London, 1 November 2000, lot 1156 for a similar slightly earlier example with six shells arranged in two tiers.
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CIRCA 1765, PATCH MARKS,
Details
A DERBY BLUE AND WHITE PICKLE STAND,
CIRCA 1765, PATCH MARKS,
with three deep scallop shells radiating from and on a central shell and seaweed encrusted stem and base syurmounted by a fourth similar shell, the interior applied with a miniature model of a pickled cucumber, the interiors painted with flower-sprays within a cell-pattern border
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
CIRCA 1765, PATCH MARKS,
with three deep scallop shells radiating from and on a central shell and seaweed encrusted stem and base syurmounted by a fourth similar shell, the interior applied with a miniature model of a pickled cucumber, the interiors painted with flower-sprays within a cell-pattern border
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.