Lot 295 , A Vauxhall blue and white tea bowl and saucer, c. 1755-57, saucer 11.9cm

A Vauxhall blue and white tea bowl and saucer,
c. 1755-57, painted in underglaze blue with a figure in a Chinese river landscape, diaper borders, saucer 11.9cm
Estimate £150-250

compare a Vauxhall bowl painted with the same design in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. C.669-1924 and see The English Ceramic Circle, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), cat. 126, where this pattern is dated ca. 1755-57.

There are two splinter chips to the inside of the foot rim and some scratching to the interior of the teabowl which has a good ring to it, the saucer has crazing to the glaze on both sides and does not ring true and also has a 4mm x 3mm shallow chip to the underside of the rim which has indented slightly when viewed from above and there are typical minor glaze faults and overglazed indentations to the paste body, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £440