Details
Painted with continuous scenes of elegant figures in landscape with buildings, towns, ruins, ships and river landscapes, comprising:
A bullet-shaped teapot and cover with a milestone painted with the date 1748,
A baluster hot-milk-jug and cover,
A sugar-bowl and cover,
A slop-bowl,
Six teabowls and six saucers
The slop-bowl 634 in. (17.2 cm.) diameter
Provenance
R.G. Vater Collection no. 802 (paper collection label applied to the underside of several pieces).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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There are some variations in the 'hand' of the painted scenes on some of these pieces, which suggests that more than one painter may have been employed in the decoration of this service.

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