ENGLISH PORCELAIN BOUGH POT AND TWO GREEN GLAZED LEAF MOULDED PLATES MARKED w(***)
CIRCA 1800
Estimate: £150 - £250
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
possibly painted by William Billingsley, of demi-lune form, painted with a nautical scene, with a wavy rim, with gilt foliate panels flanking the central scene, the fluted lower band with gilt arches, on three bun feet, liner lacking; impressed W (***), marked B1; one plate of circular form moulded with current leaves and fruits; the other of moulded overlapping leaf form, both marked W (***) (3)
Dimensions
bough pot 14.5cm high, 19cm wide, plates 22cm diameter, 26cm wide
Provenance
From The Maisels Collection of British Ceramics
The bough pot with a paper label for the Drambuie Collection C107
Footnote
For a note on the bough pot see Geoffrey Godden ‘Staffordshire Porcelain’, 1983, p 556-569 and Geoffrey Godden ‘Encyclopedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers’, 1988, p 743-747