Sale 7231
London, South Kensington
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23 May 1996
Price realised
GBP 1,955
Estimate
A creamware cylindrical teapot and cover probably Leeds, painted with a lady holding a flower, standing before a tree and buildings, the reverse with houses, the cover with similar decoration, with a fluted spout and entwined ribbed handle with flowerhead and leaf terminals, paper label -- 16.2cm. high, circa 1775 (minute chips to finial and spout, minor fritting) See illustration
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Exhibited
National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds 1868. Museum of Art. No. 27
Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman’s perspective
Islamic Art specialist Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam on a magnificent garment that would have been worn by a member of the royal inner circle