Very Rare Flowering Root Pattern Potting Pot c1765-70 Ex Godden Collection

A Very rare Lowestoft porcelain potting pot, hand painted with a flowering root pattern c1760-65.

It measures 12.5cm in diameter and stands 7.5cm tall.

Large chip to the rim with associated crack and a 2nd curved crack.

Marked inside the foot with a no 6 workman’s mark.

Provenance:

Gilbert Bradley, Geoffrey Godden and Robert Woodthorpe Browne Collections.

Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), pl 102, p 90. The basic design of a trailing peony issuing from either rockwork, scrollwork or a boldly painted mound is often seen on Lowestoft porcelain of the early period, with considerable variations in the details