A RETICULATED CHESTNUT BOWL AND COVER

CIRCA 1795

Details

A RETICULATED CHESTNUT BOWL AND COVER
CIRCA 1795
The rims decorated with blue and gilt bands featuring foliate and monogramed panels, flanked by entwined strap handles with berried terminals, the cover with a petal moulded crown and flower-form finial, the interior painted with a bowl of flowers
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) diameter, overall (2)

Literature

D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, pp. 138-9, pl. 147

Exhibited

loan sticker for the Minneapolis Institue of Arts

Lot Essay

For a similar bowl with less elaborate decoration, see the Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 355 and D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, p. 565, pl. 585.

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