A BRISTOL DELFT POLYCHROME CHINOISERIE POSSET-POT AND COVER

FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A BRISTOL DELFT POLYCHROME CHINOISERIE POSSET-POT AND COVER
FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Of baluster form with domed cover, surmounted by a bird finial flanked by scrolls applied with dragons, the curved spout flanked by flattened scroll handles with similar ornament, painted in blue, green, iron-red and yellow with vignettes of seated figures beside tables, screens and a kettle among rockwork, the handles and spout with blue dash ornament
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D285.

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Lot Essay

For a similar posset-pot in the Bristol Museum, see Mrs. (Celia) Hemming, 'Thomas Frank and John Niglett of Bristol', The Connoisseur, July 1929, p. 27, no. VI. Also see Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 75, no. 4.21 for a posset-pot cover of similar design and decoration. The decoration here compared to a dish, op. cit, no. 12.14, bearing the initials thought to be those of John Niglett, apprenticed at Limekiln Lane in 1714.

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