Longton Hall porcelain triple shell sweetmeat stand
Circa 1765, unmarked c. 1755-60 width. 9 inches height 8.8 inches Provenance: Exhibited: This sweetmeat model and the Harlequin bagpiper as an independent figure are known at both Longton Hall and West Pans. For a West Pans Harlequin piper from a Scottish private collection, see the ‘Out of the Blue’ exhibition catalogue, Museum of Edinburgh, 2008, p. 34, fig. 40. For another example, see the Katz Collection, Boston. For an example attributed to Longton Hall, see Bonham’s, London, 2 December 2009, lot 71. The bagpiper model is ultimately derived from a Meissen prototype. For an extensive discussion on attributions given to a strikingly similar stand surmounted by a figure of Ceres, see the British Museum, no. 1938,0314.91.CR. Stock number: 10761. |