£4,200
A rare Elers Brothers red stoneware tea canister, 1690-98, slip cast and moulded in relief in the chinoiserie taste with four panels of Chinamen, ho-ho birds and blossoming foliage, 10.5cm high
A similar example is illustrated on the cover of The English Ceramic Circle's 'British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002', (London, 2003), in Marno (Felicity), 'Tea has become a great commodity here': The introduction of tea and the development of its wares, in the ECC's Fire and Form: The Baroque and its Influence on English Ceramics c. 1660-c. 1760, (London, 2013), page 66, and Elliott (Gordon), John and David Elers and their Contemporaries, (Jonathan Horne, London, 1998), figure 3B.
Very good condition for its age. Traces of former mounting, its cover now lacking. Slight firing stresses and occasional blemishes. The edges with small surface abrasions and grime. A very small flat chip, apparently contemporary to manufacture.
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