Lot Details
Lot 112
West Pans Porcelain 'Littler's Blue' Ground Armorial Cream-Jug from the 'Duke of Rutland Service'
Circa 1765-70, unmarked
Pear-shaped with sparrow beak spout and loop handle, molded with ribbon-tied floral reserves, the center painted in iron-red with a peacock and torsade below the motto 'POUR Y PARVENIR', the side cartouches with sparse bouquets within runny deep cobalt-blue reserves, the interior with an iron-red scalloped line border.
Height 4 inches.
See Dr. Minnie Holdaway, Moulded Porcelain Wares made by William Littler at West Pans, Digging for Early Porcelain, eds. David Barker and Sam Cole, p. 26. Also see Bonham's, London, 13 December 2006, lot 238 for a coffee-cup from this service sold in a group lot of six early cups and a saucer.
C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell
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