A rare and important blue and white Lowestoft... Lot 506

A rare and important blue and white Lowestoft spoon tray, c.1757-60, of a deep elongated shape with fluted sides and undulating rim, the well painted with four aquatic birds swimming, walking, in flight and perched on flowering magnolia branches beside holey rockwork, the sides with flower and leaf sprigs, 18.5cm. Provenance: the Henry Lawrence Collection. Formerly the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection. Sold Bonhams, 30th June 2010, lot 119. Illustrated: Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, colour plate 5; English Blue and White Porcelain, colour plate 73 and plate 328; and Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft, fig 146, p 114. TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.