Sale 5543
Ashurst, Kent
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27 September 2004
Price realised
GBP 38,240
Estimate
A LARGE ENGLISH TERRACOTTA TAZZA OR FOUNTAIN BASIN BY JOHN MARRIOT BLASHFIELD, STAMFORD, CIRCA 1865 The bowl on a spreading foot with single knopped band above a square section plinth, with impressed stamp to interior of bowl J.M. BLASHFIELD NO. 711, the stamp repeated on the side of the plinth 47¾in. (121.5cm.) high, 57in. (145cm.) diameter
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