Fergus Gambon
Director
Lot 330
A fine Nantgarw tazza, circa 1818-20
20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,562.50 inc. premium
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Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
A fine Nantgarw tazza, circa 1818-20
Of shallow circular form with a typical heavy turned foot, a band of individually rolled tiny white 'jewels' applied below the turnover rim, painted in London with scattered flower sprays and sprigs reserved on a rare solid gold ground, 6.4cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Sir David John KCMG
Tazze of this form are strongly associated with Nantgarw, none being recorded at Swansea and only a very small number from other British makers. Nantgarw examples have a distinctive profile and a heavy foot also found on other Nantgarw ornamental forms. Luxury objects of essentially decorative character, they were mostly London decorated although a few locally painted examples are known. No similarly decorated example appears to be recorded, the gold ground being particularly unusual. Four London decorated tazze are illustrated by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album (1975), Illustration 59.
