Lot Essay
Cf. Towner, The Leeds Pottery, plate 31A for an enamelled example of a similar box.
Details
A PEARLWARE BONBONIERE
CIRCA 1790
Moulded as a fashionable lady's head, Jacobs Collection no. 483 (threaded cover missing, neck restored)--3½in. (8.9cm.) high
CIRCA 1790
Moulded as a fashionable lady's head, Jacobs Collection no. 483 (threaded cover missing, neck restored)--3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Provenance
Sir Victor and Lady Gollancz; sale Sotheby & Co., London, July 15, 1975, lot 223 (by traddition)