Of ovoid shape on a pedestal foot with shallow fluted body, enamelled with two Chinese figures in a garden beside a fence and flowers in vases. The lid with a flower knop and two applied leaves.
Height: 17.2cm
No marks
Condition: Canister, chip approx. 1.5cm to rim professionally repaired; a small crack to base. Cover, flower knop reapplied, tiny chips to petals and one leaf, a firing fault to inside rim of cover, and slight staining typical of this group which has been referred to as the ‘caddy class’. The cover contemporary but possibly matched.
See G. Godden (ed.), Staffordshire Porcelain (1983), Chap.3, for a discussion of this group.
£495