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- Sale 5190
Live
| Philadelphia
Sep 21 | 7:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5190
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Variously decorated with floral motifs, some in the pink "lotus" pattern and others with applied vine or lotus decoration, comprising two punch bowls, a plate, six tea bowls, six teacups, and one saucer.
H: 3 3/4 in. Dia: 9 1/4 in. (largest bowl)
Provenance
One tea bowl and one teacup: Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Exton, Pennsylvania
Saucer: Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania
One tea bowl: Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
One tea bowl: Solveig & Anita Gray, London, England
One tea bowl: Peter Mack Brown, Washington, D.C.
Collection of L. Delmar and Susan Burrows Swan, Wilmington, Delaware.
Susan B. Swan was a needlework scholar and author. She served for many years as a curator at Winterthur Museum.
Provenance
One tea bowl and one teacup: Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Exton, Pennsylvania
Saucer: Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania
One tea bowl: Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
One tea bowl: Solveig & Anita Gray, London, England
One tea bowl: Peter Mack Brown, Washington, D.C.
Collection of L. Delmar and Susan Burrows Swan, Wilmington, Delaware.
Susan B. Swan was a needlework scholar and author. She served for many years as a curator at Winterthur Museum.
-Two pink “lotus” handled cups: first, with short firing crack at rim; second, with rim chip and hairlines.
-Pink “lotus” tea bowl and saucer: Saucer with rim chip and hairlines.
-Tea bowl decorated with roses: tiny rim chip.
-Handled cup decorated with vase with flowers: rim chip and hairline
-Two cups with applied decoration: some glaze/color loss to raised leafage.
-Small bowl with applied decoration: Missing lid, gilt wear.
-Plate: staple mend with fill to rim, hairline,. spider crack to underside.
-Pink “lotus” punch bowl: hairline, gilt loss.
-Punch bowl: tiny rim chip
Some gilt wear to group
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