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A Longton Hall Leaf-Molded Cream Jug, Circa 1755

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A Longton Hall Leaf-Molded Cream Jug, Circa 1755

of triangular form, molded as overlapping grape leaves, affixed with a twig handle issuing three bunches of grapes, the leaves edges in apple green, the veins enriched in puce, the interior painted with a rose below the handle, with a yellow flower and insect in the base and small blue flower at the tip of the spout.

Height 3 1/4 in.

8.3 cm
Provenance
Albert Amor, London, 1984;
Margaret Davison Block Collection;
Sotheby's New York, April 15, 1996, lot 130;
Christie's London, January 26, 2000, lot 314

Catalogue note
A second example of this form was sold at Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Inc., New York, The Estate of Anita O'Keefe Young, October 10, 1985, lot 99. Another was sold in the same rooms, Property of the Estate of the Late Edith Kane Baker, October 28, 1977, lot 113.
A Longton Hall Leaf-Molded Cream Jug, Circa 1755

of triangular form, molded as overlapping grape leaves, affixed with a twig handle issuing three bunches of grapes, the leaves edges in apple green, the veins enriched in puce, the interior painted with a rose below the handle, with a yellow flower and insect in the base and small blue flower at the tip of the spout.

Height 3 1/4 in.

8.3 cm
Provenance
Albert Amor, London, 1984;
Margaret Davison Block Collection;
Sotheby's New York, April 15, 1996, lot 130;
Christie's London, January 26, 2000, lot 314

Catalogue note
A second example of this form was sold at Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Inc., New York, The Estate of Anita O'Keefe Young, October 10, 1985, lot 99. Another was sold in the same rooms, Property of the Estate of the Late Edith Kane Baker, October 28, 1977, lot 113.

A Taste of Rococo: Porcelain from an American Private Collection

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