Lot Essay
Cf. the similar example formerly in the Price Glover Collection, sale Christie's London, June 14, 1988, lot 64
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A STAFFORSHIRE SALTGLAZE POLYCHROME OVAL SAUCE-BOAT
CIRCA 1755
With reeded strap handle terminating in a fish-tail, the exterior crisply moulded and painted with trailing fruiting vine, the interior with branches of flowering peony beneath a border of iron-red diaper broken by panels of flowering branches (rim chips, two cracks at the handle)--7in. (18cm.) wide
CIRCA 1755
With reeded strap handle terminating in a fish-tail, the exterior crisply moulded and painted with trailing fruiting vine, the interior with branches of flowering peony beneath a border of iron-red diaper broken by panels of flowering branches (rim chips, two cracks at the handle)--7in. (18cm.) wide