An early Derby ovoid frill potpourri vase and cover, modelle...

Hammer

£130

An early Derby ovoid frill potpourri vase and cover, modelled by or after Jonathan Boot with a pair of masks and profusely ornamented with flowers and exotic plumes, picked out in polychrome enamels, the reserves well-painted with butterflies and insects, the rounded shoulders pierced with reserves of diaper and flowerhead bosses picked out in yellow, domed cover with leafy finial and further foliage, 29cm high, c.1764 For a similar example modelled, signed and dated 1764 by Jonathan Boot, see: the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, C.17-1973. Provenance: the Wilders Collection, labelled.