Lot Essay
Cf. John May, op. cit., p.23, pl.31 for the third item in the above lot.
Details
An English porcelain blue-ground tapering jug
moulded in white relief with full-length portraits of Victoria and Albert, wearing formal robes, with a scroll-moulded handle and spout, circa 1840 (some very light staining) -- 14cm. high; a similar copper lustre pottery jug, moulded with figures, enriched in colours and pink lustre, with a figure, probably emblematic of Plenty below the spout (some rubbing) -- 15cm. high; an English pottery plate, printed in green with a quarter-length profile portrait of the young Victoria, before drapery, the border printed with fruiting vines and scrolls on a basket weave ground (cracked); and another plate printed with a half-length portrait (rim chips)
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moulded in white relief with full-length portraits of Victoria and Albert, wearing formal robes, with a scroll-moulded handle and spout, circa 1840 (some very light staining) -- 14cm. high; a similar copper lustre pottery jug, moulded with figures, enriched in colours and pink lustre, with a figure, probably emblematic of Plenty below the spout (some rubbing) -- 15cm. high; an English pottery plate, printed in green with a quarter-length profile portrait of the young Victoria, before drapery, the border printed with fruiting vines and scrolls on a basket weave ground (cracked); and another plate printed with a half-length portrait (rim chips)
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