Lot 163
  • 163

A rare pair of Derby yellow-ground two-handled cachepots and stands circa 1800

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • PORCELAIN
  • height overall 5 3/8 in.
  • 13.7 cm
each beaker-shaped planter reserved with a gilt-edged panel finely painted with a flower-filled basket, puce crowned crossed batons and D marks.

Condition

Some minor occasional wear to gilding. Flower pots: one with a 3 1/2-in haircrack extending from the rim into the reserved panel of flowers and some minor discolored crazing to the glaze of the interior; the other with a minor 1/8-in. chip to the foot and some discolored crazing to the glaze of the interior. Stands: one with a firing crack extending into a haircrack running about 5 1/2 in. around the cavetto and up into the side.
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