Lot Essay
Cf. the similarly marked vase of this form, sold in these Rooms 10th October 1988, lot 291.
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CIRCA 1815, IMPRESSED SWANSEA AND TRIDENT MARK
Details
A Swansea London-decorated slender oviform two-handled vase
Circa 1815, impressed SWANSEA and trident mark
With moulded gilt scroll and lotus handles, with moulded anthemion terminals flanking the flared neck painted with briar roses, the body with two bouquets of garden flowers reserved on a richly gilt seeded diaper-ground with scattered pink roses, the circular spreading foot and square base with specimen flowers and bouquets, between gilt C-scroll and pendant foliage borders (extensively restored)
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
Circa 1815, impressed SWANSEA and trident mark
With moulded gilt scroll and lotus handles, with moulded anthemion terminals flanking the flared neck painted with briar roses, the body with two bouquets of garden flowers reserved on a richly gilt seeded diaper-ground with scattered pink roses, the circular spreading foot and square base with specimen flowers and bouquets, between gilt C-scroll and pendant foliage borders (extensively restored)
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sidney Heath Collection, no. 90.
Literature
W.D. John, 'Swansea Porcelain' (Newport 1958), pl. 43.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.