A CREAMWARE 'GRAND PLATT MENAGE', the circular base with four fixed circular holders pierced with a band of trellis containing bottles and covers for oil and vinegar, a mustard-pot and cover and a pierced pepper-pot, each of baluster form moulded with a band of foliage, the scroll handles with flowerhead terminals and with acorn finials, surrounding a central shaped column, the capital moulded with acanthus leaves and supported by four scroll branches, the lower part supporting two pierced oval two-handled baskets and two shell-shaped dishes, the upper part supporting four octagonal pierced shallow trays and the scroll terminals suspending four pierced oval baskets with shaped scroll-moulded borders and twisted cord handles, the whole surmounted by a detachable vase and cover on a square plinth supported by winged mermaids and moulded with cherubs' masks and scrolls beneath egg and dart and acanthus borders, the finial to the domed cover modelled as a figure of Plenty (some damages and restorations), circa 1780, probably Yorkshire, Leeds Pottery | Christie's

Lot 22

A CREAMWARE 'GRAND PLATT MENAGE', the circular base with four fixed circular holders pierced with a band of trellis containing bottles and covers for oil and vinegar, a mustard-pot and cover and a pierced pepper-pot, each of baluster form moulded with a band of foliage, the scroll handles with flowerhead terminals and with acorn finials, surrounding a central shaped column, the capital moulded with acanthus leaves and supported by four scroll branches, the lower part supporting two pierced oval two-handled baskets and two shell-shaped dishes, the upper part supporting four octagonal pierced shallow trays and the scroll terminals suspending four pierced oval baskets with shaped scroll-moulded borders and twisted cord handles, the whole surmounted by a detachable vase and cover on a square plinth supported by winged mermaids and moulded with cherubs' masks and scrolls beneath egg and dart and acanthus borders, the finial to the domed cover modelled as a figure of Plenty (some damages and restorations), circa 1780, probably Yorkshire, Leeds Pottery

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A CREAMWARE 'GRAND PLATT MENAGE', the circular base with four fixed circular holders pierced with a band of trellis containing bottles and covers for oil and vinegar, a mustard-pot and cover and a pierced pepper-pot, each of baluster form moulded with a band of foliage, the scroll handles with flowerhead terminals and with acorn finials, surrounding a central shaped column, the capital moulded with acanthus leaves and supported by four scroll branches, the lower part supporting two pierced oval two-handled baskets and two shell-shaped dishes, the upper part supporting four octagonal pierced shallow trays and the scroll terminals suspending four pierced oval baskets with shaped scroll-moulded borders and twisted cord handles, the whole surmounted by a detachable vase and cover on a square plinth supported by winged mermaids and moulded with cherubs' masks and scrolls beneath egg and dart and acanthus borders, the finial to the domed cover modelled as a figure of Plenty (some damages and restorations), circa 1780, probably Yorkshire, Leeds Pottery
61cm. high overall

Lot Essay

See Peter Walton, Creamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, pp. 120-121, no. 461 for the same model but lacking its containers, also Donald Towner, Creamware, (1978), p. 140, pl. 69

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