A PAIR OF DERBY SCROLL-FOOTED SWEETMEAT DISHES
A PAIR OF DERBY SCROLL-FOOTED SWEETMEAT DISHES

CIRCA 1755

细节
A PAIR OF DERBY SCROLL-FOOTED SWEETMEAT DISHES
Circa 1755
Each of lobed bombé form and raised on three scroll feet issuing from acanthus, painted with fancy birds in landscape vignettes and with loose bouquets in the style of Meissen deutsche Blumen, the interior with a flower spray
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diameter (2)
来源
With James A. Lewis & Son, New York.

拍品专文

Although the bird painting on the present small dishes is typical of mid-18th century Derby production, the flower painting is closer to that found at Chelsea. The form itself would appear to be unrecorded.