Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
English creamware circular egg drainer, 18th century, probably Yorkshire factory with plain loop handle with daisyhead terminals and pierced bowl, diameter of bowl: 3 ¼ in. (7.8cm.); condition: glaze faults, tiny frit, tiny crackling. Worcester and Staffordshire factory documents record these types of objects as 'egg drainers' and they were often included in large breakfast services and used to serve poached eggs. For a similar example see ‘Creamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House Leeds’, Peter Walton, p. 114, Cat. 437. SOLD
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
