Lot Essay
See Bernard M. Watney, Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1997, fig. 135 for a similar teabowl and saucer.
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THE JUG CIRCA 1760, THE TEABOWL AND SAUCER 1765-1778
Details
A LOWESTOFT BLUE AND WHITE CIDER JUG AND A LIVERPOOL (PHILIP CHRISTIAN AND COMPANY) BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL
The jug circa 1760, the teabowl and saucer 1765-1778
The jug of baluster form with beak spout and scroll handle, the shoulder moulded with flowers issuing from diaper pattern cartouches, the neck painted with Chinese fisherman reserved within similarly moulded cartouches and beneath a blue band reserved with foliate scrolls, the lower body with vignettes of pavilions by a bridge; the teabowl and saucer herringbone-moulded and with trailing vine, painted within cartouches with Chinoiserie vignettes, the teabowl with a whorl rim band, the saucer with a fretwork band
8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high, the cider jug (3)
The jug circa 1760, the teabowl and saucer 1765-1778
The jug of baluster form with beak spout and scroll handle, the shoulder moulded with flowers issuing from diaper pattern cartouches, the neck painted with Chinese fisherman reserved within similarly moulded cartouches and beneath a blue band reserved with foliate scrolls, the lower body with vignettes of pavilions by a bridge; the teabowl and saucer herringbone-moulded and with trailing vine, painted within cartouches with Chinoiserie vignettes, the teabowl with a whorl rim band, the saucer with a fretwork band
8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high, the cider jug (3)
Provenance
With Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, New York, January 1980 ($750)
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.