Christie’s roundel
Lot 239

A PAIR OF COALPORT COBALT-BLUE AND YELLOW GROUND VASES AND COVERS, 'THE BLACK BIRD' AND 'THE FISHER GIRL'S'

DATED 1902, GREEN PRINTED CROWNED MARKS TO THE COVERS AND BASES, GILT RETAILER'S MARKS FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, REGISTRY NO. 304606, GILT PATTERN NO. V.6936 L/S. 156, PAINTED 22, SIGNED T.(OM) KEELING (19)02

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A PAIR OF COALPORT COBALT-BLUE AND YELLOW GROUND VASES AND COVERS, 'THE BLACK BIRD' AND 'THE FISHER GIRL'S'
DATED 1902, GREEN PRINTED CROWNED MARKS TO THE COVERS AND BASES, GILT RETAILER'S MARKS FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, REGISTRY NO. 304606, GILT PATTERN NO. V.6936 L/S. 156, PAINTED 22, SIGNED T.(OM) KEELING (19)02
Of shield-shape with gilt upright angular foliate handles, finely painted with Victorian scenes of a mother and daughter, titled on the underside, within a two-toned raised gilt cartouche, the reverse with trophies emblematic of fishing and gardening, the neck and stepped circular foot enriched with foliate sprays
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high (4)

Specialist note

See G. Godden, Coalport & Coalbrookdale Porcelains, New York, 1970, p. 115 where the author notes, 'The finest example of Coalport ceramic paintings I have ever seen was by Tom Keeling.'