Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
A LONGTON HALL TULIP-MOLDED CREAM JUG, CIRCA 1755, AND A THURINGIAN TULIP-FORM BOX AND COVER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the jug formed of molded tulip petals brightly painted in shades of purple and yellow, with a green stem handle extending from the foot, the interior painted with a small flower; the box with dark puce petals and a small green stem
(jug) height 3 ¼ in.; (box) length 4 in.
8 cm; 10 cm
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 16 April 1982, lot 98a (Longton Hall cream jug)
A cream jug of this form is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. C.274-1940, bequeathed by Mr. Arthur Hurst. A further example was sold at Christie's London, 21 November 1977, lot 152. A teapot and stand of this type was in the Hanley Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2014, lots 142-143