CIRCA 1825

Details

A pair of English porcelain rectangular 'shell still life' plaques
CIRCA 1825
Painted in the manner of Thomas Baxter with conchologic still lifes with various specimen of shells, further with seaweed and coral, against a shady light brownish background (within an elaborate gilt wooden frame)
17.5 x 22.5 cm., excluding frame (2)

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

See J. Murdoch and J. Twitchett, Painters and the Derby China Works, London, 1987, p. 101, no. 51 for a sketch in watercolour and gouache by Joseph Bancroft, watermarked for 1824-5, when Bancroft was in between factories, which bears a similar look to these shell plaques.

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