COLLECTION OF BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER PRINTED WARES OF WELSH INTEREST
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
mostly Welsh, comprising a castor, possibly Swansea, printed with two men on a bridge facing a pagoda, blue X mark; a Cambrian Pottery castor printed with an oriental river scene and with a chequered border, cork stopper, unmarked; a cylindrical mug with fluted borders and engine turned detail, printed with a chinoiserie scene of a man on a bridge, pagodas and fenced gardens, unmarked; a Cambrian Pottery jug with ‘Banana Tree’ pattern, unmarked; a Cambrian Pottery jar from a smokers set, unmarked; a Swansea baluster coffee pot printed with the ‘Long Bridge’ pattern, unmarked; and a tall cylindrical mug, possibly Swansea, printed with two figures in a garden, a man on a camel, the diaper border including two cherubs in an oval reserve (7)
Dimensions
coffee pot 29.2cm high, tallest castor 15.5cm high
Provenance
The Maisels Collection of British Ceramics
Footnote
The coffee pot and the smokers set jar could be Welsh or possibly Leeds.