CIRCA 1798

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A LOWESTOFT BLUE AND WHITE DOCUMENTARY INKPOT
CIRCA 1798
Of waisted cylindrical form, inscribed P. HIGH LOWESTOFT 1798 within a quatrefoil foliage cartouche, the reverse with trailing flowers, the top with four circular apertures for quills divided by foliage sprays about a central well (minute chip to footrim, central well stained)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anon., sale in these Rooms, 13th July 1981, lot 141.
Anon., sale in these Rooms, 14th December 1981, lot 95 (Anton is this right)

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Cf. G.A. Godden, The Illustrated Guide to Lowestoft Porcelain (London, 1969), pl. 207, for a similar example with the inscription 'A Trifle from Lowestoft', perhaps painted by the same hand. There is an octagonal inkpot dated 1798 in the British Museum.

See also Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in the Norwich Castle Museum (Great Yarmouth, 1975), Vol. 1, pp. 143 & 135.

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