A PAIR OF COALPORT COBALT-BLUE AND YELLOW GROUND VASES

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, GREEN CROWN MARKS, GILT PATTERN NO. 7540 M/S.261, SIGNED F.(REDERICK) H. CHIVERS

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A PAIR OF COALPORT COBALT-BLUE AND YELLOW GROUND VASES
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, GREEN CROWN MARKS, GILT PATTERN NO. 7540 M/S.261, SIGNED F.(REDERICK) H. CHIVERS
Each of inverted tear-drop form, the waisted neck flanked by upright scroll handles, finely painted with apples and a plump bunch of grapes within a tooled gilt surround of flowers and scrolls surmounted by Cupid's bow and quiver, the sides and reverse with further scrolling vine, on a conforming acanthus-molded socle
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Frederick H. Chivers came to the Coalport factory in 1906 following a period at Worcester. He was 'called up' during the first World War but returned to the factory from 1920-1926. See Michael Messenger, Coalport 1795-1926, Suffolk, 1995, p. 383.

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