Lot Essay
The present pair of beaker vases originally formed part of a garniture of five vases divided in the Trapnell Catalogue between nos. 704-708, the three tapering oviform vases being nos. 704-706.
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CIRCA 1760
Details
A pair of swelling beaker vases of gu shape
Circa 1760
Each vibrantly enamelled in a varying famille rose palette with flowering peony issuing from pierced rockwork
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1760
Each vibrantly enamelled in a varying famille rose palette with flowering peony issuing from pierced rockwork
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Thomas Berners, nos. 16 and 17.
Alfred Trapnell Collection, nos. 707 and 708.
Dyson Perrins.
Bought from Delomosne & Son Ltd., Chippenham, February 1983.
Alfred Trapnell Collection, nos. 707 and 708.
Dyson Perrins.
Bought from Delomosne & Son Ltd., Chippenham, February 1983.
Literature
A Catalogue of Bristol and Plymouth Porcelain with Examples of Bristol Glass and Pottery Forming the Collection made by Mr. Alfred Trapnell, with a freface by The Rev. A.W. Oxford, M.A. M.D. (Albert Amor, 31 St. James's Street, 1912), pl. LV (opposite p. 70), nos. 707 and 708.
Exhibited
Gilding the Lily, Rare Forms of Decoration on English Glass of the Later 18th Century, Delomosne and Son Ltd., July 1978, no. 12.
Special notice
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