A Barr, Flight and Barr coffee can c.1810 painted with an eastern scene.

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A Barr, Flight and Barr coffee can c.1810 painted with an eastern scene.See our website periodceramicsandantiques. org. We can do better prices on the website, as we are not paying the ebay commission. Description. A fine coffee can, superbly painted, en grisaille, with an eastern temple scene. Elaborate gilding, the painted scene being contained within a deep gilded reserve. Salmon ground marbling to the remainder of the cup. Ring handle. Old collector's notes. Condition. General wear to the gilding, mainly to the rim.

e as a salt-with the attendant risk) and fragility of this item

with a finely executed artichoke pattern

together with a small patch of missing glaze to the foot rim

with painted detailing to the handle and spout

foliage and love knots (see Jones and Joseph for a detailed line drawing of the moulding (and drawing 4

neither of those numbers appears in the list of gilders published in Twitchett

A little good modern restoration to the spout

a strongly oriental-influenced piece

The Cambrian has a greater number of reticulations and its plates are slightly wider

but see Gilbert Bradley's "Ceramics of Derbyshire" for illustrations

A small underglaze firing crack to the rim and a small rim chip

Decorated with a pattern of vine leaves and grape bunches and with the distinctive berry border apparently unique to Lowestoft