1870, SIGNED AND DATED J(AMES).CALLOWHILL, 1870

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A ROYAL WORCESTER DARK-BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE
1870, SIGNED AND DATED J(AMES).CALLOWHILL, 1870
Reserved with an oval panel finely painted by James Callowhill, after Raphael, with 'The Triumph of Galatea', within a gilt beaded frame, the pedestal foot with a border of female masks below berried laurel and pink ribbons, the ground emellished in 'Limoges enamels' style, probably by Thomas Bott or Thomas Scott Callowhill, with grotesques and scrolling foliage to the reverse and around the panel and with a female mask to the neck
22 in. (55.9 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This rare vase is one of few examples signed by James Callowhill, who together with his brother Thomas Scott, was one of the better known painters at Worcester between about 1855 and the 1880s; the quality of the painting, enamel work and gilding would indicate that it was probably made for one of the International exhibitons of the early 1870s. For a garniture of three vases of the same form, painted by Thomas Bott senior and exhibited at the 1867 Exhibition see Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain, pl.58 and pl.47 for examples of works by all three of the factory's specialists in 'Limoges enamels'.

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