Lot 80 An extremely rare Vauxhall inkwell, circa 1756-58
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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An extremely rare Vauxhall inkwell, circa 1756-58
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Of capstan shape, the upper surface pieced with six small holes around a central opening, finely painted in famille rose style with an oriental landscape incorporating a goose among flowering plants and blue rockwork, a further goose in flight to the reverse, sprays of leaves surrounding the smaller apertures to the top, 8.3cm diam, 4.8cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Bunny and Paul Davies Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2013, no.8
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol.4, 2023, p.192
Vauxhall inkwells are great rarities, with only a handful recorded. They vary little in shape and examples such as this were produced in both polychrome and underglaze blue. Just two other polychrome examples would appear to be recorded. One was sold by Bonhams as part of the Billie Pain Collection on 26 November 2003, lot 296 and is illustrated by Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall, 2007, p.59, no.66 and by Bernard Watney, 'Four Groups of Porcelain Possibly Liverpool', , Vol.5, Pt.1, 1960, pl.33c. The other was exhibited by Simon Spero in 1994, no.7 alongside a spoon tray in the same pattern, no.8. Only one example decorated in blue would appear to be recorded, sold by Phillips as part of the Pinewood Collection on 31 October 2001, lot 79.
Footnotes
Provenance
Bunny and Paul Davies Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2013, no.8
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol.4, 2023, p.192
Vauxhall inkwells are great rarities, with only a handful recorded. They vary little in shape and examples such as this were produced in both polychrome and underglaze blue. Just two other polychrome examples would appear to be recorded. One was sold by Bonhams as part of the Billie Pain Collection on 26 November 2003, lot 296 and is illustrated by Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall, 2007, p.59, no.66 and by Bernard Watney, 'Four Groups of Porcelain Possibly Liverpool', , Vol.5, Pt.1, 1960, pl.33c. The other was exhibited by Simon Spero in 1994, no.7 alongside a spoon tray in the same pattern, no.8. Only one example decorated in blue would appear to be recorded, sold by Phillips as part of the Pinewood Collection on 31 October 2001, lot 79.
