A Derby Inkstand, Circa 1760
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October 18, 03:15 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Derby Inkstand, Circa 1760
rectangular with pink and green scrolled edges painted with flowers, comprising a pen tray, an inkwell and pounce pot each painted with a vignette of a bird, a taper stick secured to tray, and a cover with fruit finial painted with landscapes. 4 pieces.
Width 8 3/8 in.
21.7 cm
Robyn and Ross Barkla Collection, Australia, bearing label;
Klaber & Klaber, London, by 2003
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, England
Australia, Bendigo Art Gallery, Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia, Delightful Derby, 1995, no. 5, bearing labels.
A writing set of the same form but decorated with chinoiserie scenes is in the Derby Museum, illustrated in Franklin A. Barrett and Arthur L. Thorpe, Derby Porcelain 1750-1848, London 1971, pl. 80, and a second is in the British Museum, London, reg. no. 1923,1218.2.CR. A variation of the model was produced at Chelsea, an example of which is illustrated in Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm, Munich 1953, p. 260, cat. no. 385.
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