SOLD English Bow Porcelain Factory Early Shell Sweetmeat Dish, circa 1750

Formed as a single shell with a fluted exterior, set upon a mound of encrusted shells, the interior painted in bright blue with a willow tree and rockwork, with a Chinese style formal border to the rim,

3" H. x 3 3/16" W.

Fine crack and chip. 

Provenance:  Property of George Forman, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Parallels: Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain, The Geoffrey Freeman Collection, no. 6, p. 25. Very similar examples from the Billie Pain collections, were sold at Bonhams, 11/26/2003  lot 60 and 3/10/2007, lot 15 and 3/10/2012.