AN ASSEMBLED GARNITURE OF FIVE CHELSEA-DERBY TURQUOISE-GROUND POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1775, PAINTED BY ASKEW
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AN ASSEMBLED GARNITURE OF FIVE CHELSEA-DERBY TURQUOISE-GROUND POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1775, painted by Askew
With scroll finials and handles, painted in puce with 'Enfants Boucher' in clouds, the sides encrusted with white flowers, above frilled aprons and flaring bases
12in. (30.5cm.); 11¾in. (29.8cm.) and 9½in. (24.1cm.) high, respectively (5)
Provenance
With Arthur S. Vernay, New York
Mrs. John E. Rovensky, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 5-19 January 1957, lot 484 (the pair), lot 517 (the three)
Lot Essay
See Franklin A. Barrett and Arthur L. Thorpe, Derby Porcelain, London, 1971, fig. 117 for a pair of similar vases in the Derby Museum.
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