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IMPRESSED MARK FOR BOTT & CO. TO BOTH, CIRCA 1811
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TWO ENGLISH EARTHENWARE SILVER LUSTRE BOUGH-POTS
IMPRESSED MARK FOR BOTT & CO. TO BOTH, CIRCA 1811
Of graduating size, each decorated in resist on a silver luster ground beneath a gellery of moulded guilloches with an elephant flanked by stylized palmettes and draped urns, each within an arched panel to form a colonnade, the smaller pot also with pierced dome cover and urn finial
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, the bough-pot and cover (3)
IMPRESSED MARK FOR BOTT & CO. TO BOTH, CIRCA 1811
Of graduating size, each decorated in resist on a silver luster ground beneath a gellery of moulded guilloches with an elephant flanked by stylized palmettes and draped urns, each within an arched panel to form a colonnade, the smaller pot also with pierced dome cover and urn finial
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, the bough-pot and cover (3)
Provenance
with Ove.V.Nilsson, 10-15 May 1937, lot 614
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.
Sale room notice
These bough pots are impressed with the mark for Bott & Co., an English pottery manufacturer active circa 1811 and known for wares decorated in silver lustre.