A rare Vauxhall blue and white sweetmeat stand c.1756

A rare Vauxhall blue and white sweetmeat stand c.1756, formed of three scallop shells, each painted with tree above low huts in a Chinese landscape, the joined edges applied with small shells and a central whelk shell, small rim chips, 19.5cm across.

Only a small number of Vauxhall pickle shells of this form are recorded, including an example from the Watney Collection of the same pattern sold by Phillips, 10 May 2000, Lot 738. See also Woolley and Wallis, 17th June 2020, lot 319 for a similar example painted with chrysanthemum sprays.