An English porcelain yellow-ground bough pot and cover circa 1800

probably Pinxton, painted with canted rectangular flower panels above a fluted border painted with flower sprigs, set on three gilt ball feet.

There is some overall very minor and occasional wear to the gilding along the edges. The cover: There is an approximate 1 1/2-inch chip to the rim edge, mostly on the underside of the rim and two other small chips to the far end edges of the cover. One of the bulb openings is restored at the rim; the restoration is old and has yellowed; there are associated chips; another bulb opening has a short haircrack and an associated flat chip. The pot: one of the ball feet is restored. Otherwise in good condition.
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Examples similarly shaped with a fluted border and set on three feet are illustrated in C. Barry Sheppard, Pinxton Porcelain, 1795-1813, p. 220, fig. 228, and p. 216, fig. 220.