Lot 188 , A Rockingham porcelain shell inkwell, c.1826-30, 8.7cm across

A Rockingham porcelain 'shell' inkwell, c.1826-30, painted with flower sprays, with two shell-shaped quill holders, red griffin mark, inscribed CL2?, 8.7cm across
Estimate £150-250

Provenance:
The Dennis G. Rice collection of fine Rockingham porcelain

As well as being an avid collector of Rockingham ornamental porcelain and animal figures, Dr. Dennis G. Rice was an academic and wrote two key reference works on the subject – Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain (1965) and the Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain (1971).
A number of the pieces illustrated in the books are offered below. The Rockingham animals figures in the collection are also published in Dennis G. Rice's companion books Dogs & Cats in English Porcelain and English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century.

There is fine crazing to the glaze all over, there is a seperate cylindrical well which has a chip to the edge of the rim, the piece has some black fritting / speckling to the underside of the shell, there is an old lot label, probably for Christie's, Lot 341 10th October 1988, and there is other black speckling to the edge of the shell, otherwise in good condition with no restoration or cracks.


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Sold for £190