A PAIR OF ENGLISH TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS
CIRCA 1870, PROBABLY COALPORT
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS Circa 1870, probably Coalport
Each of shield shape flanked by upright bracket handles, painted front and back with panels of fruit and flowers, within canted-rectangular and oval surrounds respectively, the stepped shoulder moulded with key-pattern, the neck, lower body and socle fluted, on a later painted conforming wood base
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, the porcelain (2)
Lot Essay
See Geoffrey Godden, Coalport & Coalbrookdale Porcelains, New York, 1970, fig. 233 for a line drawing of a similarly shaped vase shown at the 1871 Exhibition.
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