Live Auction 6337Stephane Boudin at 5 Belgrave Square, Les Objets de l'Empire & Mount Kennedy, Ireland. Three Private Collections
A DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE BARBER'S BOWL
Lot 250

A DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE BARBER'S BOWL

CIRCA 1755, PROBABLY VAUXHALL

Closed16 March 2012

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GBP 875

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A DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE BARBER'S BOWL
CIRCA 1755, PROBABLY VAUXHALL
Of typical form, painted with the lotus-pattern, the central flower below radiating petal-shaped panels, within a herringbone band, the underside with leafy branches (small restored section to rim)
11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) diameter

Patrick Hickey Collection; Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1973, lot 51.
Christie's, London, Glin Castle - A Knight in Ireland, 7 May 2009, lot 43.

Specialist note

Traditionally this design is given to Dublin and Liverpool potters among others, in part due to the existence of openwork baskets in this pattern. However, excavations at Vauxhall Cross revealed fragments from similar basketwork, and are discussed by Dennis Cockell, 'Some Finds of Pottery at Vauxhall Cross, London', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 9, Pt. II, pl. 134.