Lot 288

A Longton Hall spoon tray, circa 1755

Fine Glass and British Ceramics

2 May 2018, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

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A Longton Hall spoon tray, circa 1755

Of distinctive star shape, charmingly painted by the 'Castle Painter' with a boy flying a kite, hills and a group of classical buildings in the distance, brown line rim, 17.1cm wide (rim chipped and worn)

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Provenance
Graham and Oxley (Antiques) Ltd, English Porcelain Painters Exhibition 1981

This shape of spoon tray is unique to Longton Hall and is found in two sizes. Examples are illustrated by Bernard Watney, Longton Hall (1957), pl64B and 65A. The 'Castle Painter' is likely to be John Hayfield, described in the 1755 third agreement as the only painter employed at that time.

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