A PAIR OF LONGTON HALL MELON TUREENS AND COVERS CIRCA 1755

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

length 6 1/2 in.
16.51 cm

with a short stem issuing two puce-veined leaves, the interior painted with a sprig of yellow blossom and the cover with a vine-form knop issuing further leaves. One cover possibly matched, minor restoration and chips.

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby's, London, property of Dr. and Mrs. Statham, 16 October, 1956, lot 128
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York

Literature

Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, 1957, pl. 33

Catalogue Note

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