Lot Essay
Cf. Limehouse Ware Revealed, English Ceramic Circle, Kent, 1993, p. 39, 47 and 55, for fragmentary evidence of lion and paw feet; and cl. pl. XIV and XV for similar clobbered examples.
CIRCA 1747
Details
A LIMEHOUSE BLUE AND WHITE FOOTED SALT
Circa 1747
Of circular form with pinched rim and raised on four lion mask and paw feet, the center and rim with trailing flowers
1.7/8in. (4.8cm.) high, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) diam.
Circa 1747
Of circular form with pinched rim and raised on four lion mask and paw feet, the center and rim with trailing flowers
1.7/8in. (4.8cm.) high, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
With James A. Lewis & Son, Inc., New York