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A Lowestoft 'Dolphin Ewer' creamboat Circa 1770-75

A Lowestoft 'Dolphin Ewer' creamboat Circa 1770-75 A Lowestoft 'Dolphin Ewer' creamboat Circa 1770-75

A Lowestoft 'Dolphin Ewer' creamboat Circa 1770-75

Shell-shaped with a plain loop handle,low pedestal foot, painted in blue with flower sprigs, loop and dot border inside the rim, this small Suffolk factory started production about 1747 and ended around 1799, producing soft-paste porcelians with bone-ash; for the first ten years decoration was confined to underglaze blue painted wares, usually in chinoiserie patterns, output was mainly utilitarian wares and mainly catering for the local markets. Lowestoft porcelain is now becoming highly sought after by collectors world wide and fine examples are rare.10cms wide,
Provenance The Billie Pain Collection, no. 226.

Condition - good minor sanding commonly fould on lowestoft porcelain. No restoration or repair

GBP £650 Stock No; 1020

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