Lot Essay
Cf. Godden, Staffordshire Porcelain, Granada Pub., 1983 Appendix VI (A problem group of porcelains), pls. 717 and 725-8 for similar forms
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A pair of English porcelain bough-pots and pierced covers
decorated at Mansfield, D-shaped, painted with pink roses, Morning Glory, iris, chrysanthemum, anemones and other garden flowers on chocolate brown ground, below shaped gilt rims, above gilt gadrooned sections, each supported by three bun feet, the covers each pierced with three large and five smaller apertures, each base with five cylindrical holders, impressed W (***) marks -- 16.2cm. high, circa 1800 (minor damages, wear and firing faults)
See front cover illustration (2)
decorated at Mansfield, D-shaped, painted with pink roses, Morning Glory, iris, chrysanthemum, anemones and other garden flowers on chocolate brown ground, below shaped gilt rims, above gilt gadrooned sections, each supported by three bun feet, the covers each pierced with three large and five smaller apertures, each base with five cylindrical holders, impressed W (***) marks -- 16.2cm. high, circa 1800 (minor damages, wear and firing faults)
See front cover illustration (2)