Lot Essay
Cf. Alwyn Cox & Angela Cox, Rockingham Pottery & Porcealin (1983), pl. 123, for a inkwell of similar form.
Details
A Rockingham flared cylindrical inkwell
with lion mask handles, painted with a spray of tulips and other garden flowers, the reverse with a further spray, the centeral well within three pierced appertures flanked by gilt sprays within a gilt roundel, iron-red griffin mark and gilt cl4, circa 1828 -- 9cm. diam.
with lion mask handles, painted with a spray of tulips and other garden flowers, the reverse with a further spray, the centeral well within three pierced appertures flanked by gilt sprays within a gilt roundel, iron-red griffin mark and gilt cl4, circa 1828 -- 9cm. diam.
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