£300 - £600
AN EARLY DERBY SWEETMEAT STAND
circa 1765, with two tiers of three shell-shaped dishes enamelled in polychrome to the interior with butterflies, insects and sprays of flowers, the sectional stand modelled with various shells and seaweed surmounted by Neptune and a dolphin with tail raised, 47cm high
Provenance: The Grey-Egerton Family, formerly of Oulton Hall.
Note: This centrepiece is recorded on Sir Philip de Malpas 1864 publication The Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures and other Works of Art at Oulton Park, Cheshire, page 68. It is described as 'Old Chelsea' 'representing Neptune enthroned on a pyramid of shells'. This piece was exhibited in Manchester in 1857 on which occasion the figure of Neptune lost the left arm holding the trident. 'In a bill of Duesbury's, of September 1773, the following entry occurs: "A trident for Neptune gratis"'.
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