Lot 25
25
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN OPAQUE-WHITE TAPERSTICK enamelled in the famille rose palette, the domed foot with three Oriental figures at discussion beside a vase of flowers and with two equestrian figures and three hounds in pursuit of a stag, the border with four shaped panels of iron-red diaper pattern, the baluster nozzle with everted rim decorated with three further figures, one holding an umbrella and one with an exotic bird perched on a stick, the slender wrythen-moulded stem set between annulated collars (chip to rim of nozzle), circa 1760, South Staffordshire

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AN OPAQUE-WHITE TAPERSTICK enamelled in the famille rose palette, the domed foot with three Oriental figures at discussion beside a vase of flowers and with two equestrian figures and three hounds in pursuit of a stag, the border with four shaped panels of iron-red diaper pattern, the baluster nozzle with everted rim decorated with three further figures, one holding an umbrella and one with an exotic bird perched on a stick, the slender wrythen-moulded stem set between annulated collars (chip to rim of nozzle), circa 1760, South Staffordshire
17cm. high

Lot Essay

For detailed discussions on the attribution of English opaque-white glass see R.J. Charleston, 'Michael Edkins and the Problem of English Enamelled Glass', Transactions of the Society of Glass Technology, 1954 and R.J. Charleston, 'Le Verre Blanc Opaque Anglais du XVIIIe Siècle', Cahiers de la Céramique du Verre et des Arts Du Feu, no. 28, pp. 260-275

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