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Flask

Date1770-1785

OriginEngland, Lowestoft

MediumPorcelain, soft-paste

DimensionsD: 4 5/8"; T: 1 1/8"; H: 5 5/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-6

DescriptionPorcelain flask of circular-shape with slightly tapering neck, no foot or base. Decorated around the edge in green enamel with scales, stopping at the neck which is encircled with pink scrolls; painted in polychrome on the 2 sides with scenes: woman and man seated on rocks, he holding a glass and she holding a small bag or flask; and 2 gentlemen seated at a tripod table on which rests a filled punch bowl with ladle and a glass, one gentleman holding a pipe.
ProvenanceEx coll: Mrs. Russell Colman, Crown Point, Norwich, in collection in 1931: A.J. B. Kiddell, "Lowestoft Porcelain", ENGLISH PORCELAIN CIRCLE No. 3 (1931), p. 45. Sold 1948: Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE....OF LOWESTOFT... April 20,1948, lot 127. (Sold to E. Levine.) Ex coll: A.W. Denney, sold 1959: Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE .. LOWESTOFT... Jan 27, 1959, lot 161.