Lot 259
  • 259

Two good Limehouse blue and white pickle dishes circa 1746-48

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • 9cm., 3½in.high
moulded in the form of scallop shells, each painted with houses on an island with overhanging trees in the foerground beneath a border scattered with Buddhist emblems, the reverse of each painted with two trailing branches  

Condition

One dish has a tiny nick to one corner. The other in good condtion with some black specking to the glaze.
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