Lot Essay
Cf. A.E. (Jimmy) Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration (Bridgend 1988), p. 93 for a similar comport
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CIRCA 1820
Details
A Swansea shaped square dish
CIRCA 1820
Painted with a spray of narcissi and a tulip, the border of the well gilt with diaper-pattern sections and scrolls issuing green foliage, the border painted with four scattered flower-sprays between sections moulded with C-scrolls, flowers and foliage, lobed gilt rim (minor rubbing to gilding)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1820
Painted with a spray of narcissi and a tulip, the border of the well gilt with diaper-pattern sections and scrolls issuing green foliage, the border painted with four scattered flower-sprays between sections moulded with C-scrolls, flowers and foliage, lobed gilt rim (minor rubbing to gilding)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide
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