A BLOOR DERBY APPLE-GREEN GROUND TWO-HANDLED TOPOGRAPHICAL VASE
CIRCA 1830, IRON-RED PRINTED MARK
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A BLOOR DERBY APPLE-GREEN GROUND TWO-HANDLED TOPOGRAPHICAL VASE
Circa 1830, iron-red printed mark
Of elongated baluster form with gilt scroll handles, finely painted with a view of 'Melrose Abbey, Roxburgshire', named in iron-red on the base, the reverse with a lush bouquet of flowers spilling out of a wicker basket, within gilt surrounds on the apple-green ground
20.7/8in. (53cm.) high
Lot Essay
See Franklin A. Barrett & Arthur L. Thorpe, Derby Porcelain, pl. 174 for a vase of the same form in the Derby Museum.