A SWANSEA CHAMBER CANDLESTICK-INKPOT

CIRCA 1820, IRON-RED SWANSEA MARK

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A SWANSEA CHAMBER CANDLESTICK-INKPOT
CIRCA 1820, IRON-RED SWANSEA MARK
Of circular form, the cover with six small apertures flanking a central larger aperture, issuing a cylindrical nozzle and a scroll swanhead handle, painted with loose garden flowers and sprigs within gilt line rims (handle cracked and regilt across swan's head terminal, slight wear to gilding)
5 in. (12.6 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

See A.E. Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain, Shapes and Decoration, Bridgend, 1988, p. 152, no. 3 for another candlestick-inkpot of similar type to the present example but with a slight variant of nozzle. This is noted as the only known example of this form.

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