Lot Essay
Cf. Donald C. Towner, English Cream-coloured Earthenware, London, 1957, fig. 7A for a similar sugar-bowl and cover
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER
CIRCA 1760
With bird finial, the cover and sides with applied trailing, fruiting vine and flowers enriched in gilt, some restoration, 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) diam.; together with a Staffordshire creamware teabowl and a saucer, circa 1760, with applied trailing fruiting vine, the teabowl with gilding, teabowl repaired, the saucer shattered and missing pieces (3)
CIRCA 1760
With bird finial, the cover and sides with applied trailing, fruiting vine and flowers enriched in gilt, some restoration, 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) diam.; together with a Staffordshire creamware teabowl and a saucer, circa 1760, with applied trailing fruiting vine, the teabowl with gilding, teabowl repaired, the saucer shattered and missing pieces (3)
Provenance
With Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts, the sugar bowl
Thomas George Burn, 'Rous Lench Court', no. 584, Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 148, for the teabowl and saucer
Thomas George Burn, 'Rous Lench Court', no. 584, Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 148, for the teabowl and saucer