A FRENCH MOCHAWARE SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER AND A COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER
A FRENCH MOCHAWARE SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER AND A COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1830, THE COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER ALMOST CERTAINLY CREIL

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A FRENCH MOCHAWARE SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER AND A COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1830, THE COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER ALMOST CERTAINLY CREIL
Both on pearlware bodies and slip-decorated in a looped 'earthworm' pattern, the sugar-bowl and cover in brown, sky blue and white on a pale yellow ground, the coffee-can and saucer in brown and cream on a blue ground and covered with a yellow glaze rendering the blue slip green, collection nos. 128, 97 a & b
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, the sugar-bowl and cover (4)
來源
with Fiona & Bill Laidlaw, London, 1988 (the coffee-can and saucer).
with Philippe Leroux, Paris, 1994 (the sugar-bowl and cover).
拍場告示
The cup handle- a plaster replacement- was damaged during the exhibition and will be re-restored at Christie's expense.

拍品專文

For a virtually identical coffee-can and saucer impressed 'CREIL' from the collection of Jonathan Rickard, see "Mochaware: Slip Decorated Refined Earthenware", The Magazine Antiques, August 1993, p. 187, PL. X, right.