LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III RED AND GOLD-JAPANNED TOLE JARDINIERE
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of bombé form with rectangular top and metal liner, decorated with tragic masks and classical acoutrements, on a pierced baluster base, with remains of paper label on the underside
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related Pontypool crimson tea-caddy of similar bombé form and dating to circa 1760 is in the Capt. Geoffrey Crawshay Collection, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Related piercing can be seen on a pair of Pontypool ice-pails of circa 1780 in the collection of Sir Russell Wilkinson (W. D. John and A. Simcox, Pontypool and Usk Japanned Wares, Bath, 1966, figs. 13B and 19B).

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