The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Six breakfast basons and saucers, enamel’d with green festoons
and gold edges.
One pair of large perfume-vases, enamel’d with flowers,
ornamented with dogs, rabbits, &c., and gilt.
An elegant Seve-pattern complete desert-service, enamel’d with
roses and rich mosaic and gold border, consisting of 3 dozen
plates, 2 large oblong compotiers, 4 round, 2 heart-shape, 4
large square, 4 small oblong, and one large ditto with a foot
for the center, and a pair of cream-bowls, covers, stands, and
spoons. [£30 9s.]
One pair groups, the arts and sciences, and a pair large
gardeners, in biscuit. [30s.]
One superb and elegant large vase with therms, enamel’d in
compartments with figures, the three Graces, enrich’d with
chas’d burnish’d and gold. [£8 8s.]
One pair of beautiful oval jars to match, the figures represent
Apollo and Agrippina lamenting over the ashes of Germanicus. [£6
6s.]
One of pair small enamel’d foxes. [10s.]
A pair of hares’ heads, enamel’d, after nature. [10s.]
Three elegant vases, enamel’d with rose-coloured figures from
Ovid, and enriched with gold. [£9 19s. 6d.]
One pair large dogs, enamel’d.
A desert-service, enamel’d with roses, festoons of green husks,
and pink and gold border, consisting of 24 plates, 3 large
oblong compotiers, 4 round, 2 heart-shape, and 4 small oblong
ditto, and a pair of cream-bowls, covers, stands, and spoons.
[£13 2s. 6d.]
Six elegant ice cream cups, enamel’d with festoons of red husks,
and fine blue and gold.
Two pair of large boys riding on dolphin and fawn, in biscuit.
One of these sale catalogues, at the risk of occupying much space, I
here reprint entire, because I conceive nothing could more completely
show the character of the goods, ornamental as well as useful, which at
that time were the staple productions of the Derby works. It cannot,
I opine, but be of immense use to collectors in assisting them to
correctly appropriate and date their examples. The catalogue which
I now reprint (one of several years in my possession) is of folio
size, and occupies twelve pages. The selling prices are printed in the
catalogue; the prices realised at the sale, however, were not, on the
average, more than one-half the printed ones. The proceeds of the whole
sale was £276 4_s._ It is of the year 1785. The title-page is as
follows:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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