Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE FOOD WARMER, LINER AND COVER, CIRCA 1760
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January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 USD
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AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE FOOD WARMER, LINER AND COVER, CIRCA 1760
perhaps Lambeth, of cylindrical form, the lower section affixed with two scroll handles and two mask-form piercings, painted with flowering branches, the liner with two shell-form handles, and cover with scone-form finial, further embellished with flower sprigs and diaper bands
height 10 ⅝ in.
26.8 cm
The Baker Collection, no. 31.53, bearing label
A food warmer of this form and close decoration is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, mus. no. C.50 to C-1939