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Lot Essay
This group of English creamware (lots 136-138) is from an expansive collection acquired by Cecil Baring (1864-1934), 3rd Lord Revelstoke, from the dealer Louis Gautier, of Casa Rossa in Chelsea.
Cecil Baring was descended from a distinguished family of bankers Baring and began collecting British pottery in 1912. In the following twenty-two years he assembled an enviable collection of English pottery. Baring worked with the architect Sir Edward Lutyens on designs for a museum in Chelsea. The museum was to house Baring’s collection. Plans were abandoned in 1931 and following Cecil Baring’s death in 1934 a large part of the pottery collection was sold at Puttick and Simpson of London, between 20 and 23 of November 1934 and in sales at the same rooms in subsequent years. The collection is now widely dispersed with pieces in several major museums around the world.
Cecil Baring was descended from a distinguished family of bankers Baring and began collecting British pottery in 1912. In the following twenty-two years he assembled an enviable collection of English pottery. Baring worked with the architect Sir Edward Lutyens on designs for a museum in Chelsea. The museum was to house Baring’s collection. Plans were abandoned in 1931 and following Cecil Baring’s death in 1934 a large part of the pottery collection was sold at Puttick and Simpson of London, between 20 and 23 of November 1934 and in sales at the same rooms in subsequent years. The collection is now widely dispersed with pieces in several major museums around the world.