Lot Essay
Sale Christie's King Street, 21 May 1974, lot 160, for the second.
CIRCA 1740
Details
Two pedestal-stemmed sweetmeats with ogee bowls
CIRCA 1740
The first with an ogee bowl with flared everted rim, on two collars and a hexagonal-section spirally-moulded pedestal stem, with three anular basal knops and on a domed and folded foot, 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high; the second with double-ogee bowl supported on an octagonal-section shouldered stem, with basal knop and domed and folded foot, 5½ in. (14 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1740
The first with an ogee bowl with flared everted rim, on two collars and a hexagonal-section spirally-moulded pedestal stem, with three anular basal knops and on a domed and folded foot, 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high; the second with double-ogee bowl supported on an octagonal-section shouldered stem, with basal knop and domed and folded foot, 5½ in. (14 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Collection of Mrs Claude Thompson, sale Christie's King Street, 2nd October 1974, lot 126, for the first; anon., sale Christie's King Street, 21 May 1974, lot 160, for the second.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.