Live Auction 2305500 Years Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets
Christie’s roundel
Lot 121

A PAIR OF COALPORT PINK-GROUND VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1860-70, GILT AMPERSAND MARK

Closed20 April 2010

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A PAIR OF COALPORT PINK-GROUND VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1860-70, GILT AMPERSAND MARK
Each of tripartite shield shape, molded with three tapering pilasters enclosing panels painted in the style of William Cook, two of a cluster of flowers in the French style and one of birds perched among leafy branches, the conforming socle raised on bracket feet
17¼ in. (43.7 cm.) high (4)

Specialist note

For similarly painted birds and flowers, see Michael Messenger, Coalport 1795-1926, Suffolk, 1995, pp. 226, 233 and 256. Also see p. 35 for a pink-ground vase of the same shape exhibited at the 1871 South Kensington International Exhibition. Another pair of this form painted by Randall was sold Christie's, New York, 26 October 2004, lot 70.