Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A PAIR OF LONGTON HALL PORCELAIN PIGEON TUREENS AND COVERS
Lot 221 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

A PAIR OF LONGTON HALL PORCELAIN PIGEON TUREENS AND COVERS

CIRCA 1755

Closed23 October 2018

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A PAIR OF LONGTON HALL PORCELAIN PIGEON TUREENS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1755
Each modeled nesting, its feathers picked out in puce
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long

The Estate of Edith Kaue Baker; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 28-29 October 1977, lot 114.

Specialist note

Compare the pair illustrated from the MacAlister Collection, B. Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, London, p. 39 and fig. 59B, where the author describes them as "amongst Longton's most satisfactory models."