Lot 323 , A Spode porcelain vase, c.1815, with baluster handles, height 21.5cm
A Spode porcelain vase, c.1815, with baluster handles, height 21.5cm pattern number 1166
Estimate £100-150
There is general wear to the paint in areas, particularly the handles, there is an area of cracking to the footrim.
Overall the condition of the decoration is very good. One tiny blemish just above the pink budded flower top left of the design visible in the photo. Rubbing to gilding at nose and brows of all four lions. Gilding heavily rubbed at the top rim edge and at the foot rim. Flaw in the potting to the underside of the foot rim, visible in the photo, just above the 'Spode' mark.
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Sold for £2,200