Lot 179 A rare Vauxhall bowl, circa 1758
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A rare Vauxhall bowl, circa 1758
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GBP 800
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Painted in bright 'sticky blue' with a continuous Chinese landscape incorporating a man pointing from behind a fence and another crouching before it, the interior inscribed 'Success to the King of Prussia' within a tramline border, 18.8cm diam
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, 2 October 1984, lot 113 (as Liverpool);
Simon Spero exhibition, 1992, no. 33;
Eric Manson Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no. 28
Literature
Watney, Bernard, 'The Vauxhall China Works 1751-1764', ECC Trans, Vol.13, Pt.3, 1989, p. 219, no. 3;
Spero, Simon, 'Vauxhall Porcelain - A Tentative Chronology', ECC Trans, Vol.18, Pt.2, 2003, p. 353, fig. 8 (erroneously as the interior of fig.7)
The inscription refers to King Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), popularly known as Frederick the Great, who was the nephew of King George II. The present lot probably celebrates the Seven Years War in which Great Britain and Prussia were in alliance against Saxony, France and Russia. His first major triumphs were at the battles of Rossbach and Leuthen in November and December 1757, and this bowl is therefore a crucial piece in the chronology of the Vauxhall factory as it can reasonably be assumed that it dates from 1758. No other piece of Vauxhall commemorating the King of Prussia appears to be recorded, but sections of a mug or jug inscribed 'KING OF PRUSS' were recovered from the factory site, see Simon Spero, 2003, p.352. For a teabowl and saucer with similar landscape decoration, see Massey, Marno and Spero, , 2007, p.72, no.109. For another documentary Vauxhall bowl dated 1757, see lot 178 in this sale.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, 2 October 1984, lot 113 (as Liverpool);
Simon Spero exhibition, 1992, no. 33;
Eric Manson Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no. 28
Literature
Watney, Bernard, 'The Vauxhall China Works 1751-1764', ECC Trans, Vol.13, Pt.3, 1989, p. 219, no. 3;
Spero, Simon, 'Vauxhall Porcelain - A Tentative Chronology', ECC Trans, Vol.18, Pt.2, 2003, p. 353, fig. 8 (erroneously as the interior of fig.7)
The inscription refers to King Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), popularly known as Frederick the Great, who was the nephew of King George II. The present lot probably celebrates the Seven Years War in which Great Britain and Prussia were in alliance against Saxony, France and Russia. His first major triumphs were at the battles of Rossbach and Leuthen in November and December 1757, and this bowl is therefore a crucial piece in the chronology of the Vauxhall factory as it can reasonably be assumed that it dates from 1758. No other piece of Vauxhall commemorating the King of Prussia appears to be recorded, but sections of a mug or jug inscribed 'KING OF PRUSS' were recovered from the factory site, see Simon Spero, 2003, p.352. For a teabowl and saucer with similar landscape decoration, see Massey, Marno and Spero, , 2007, p.72, no.109. For another documentary Vauxhall bowl dated 1757, see lot 178 in this sale.
