A RARE PAIR OF 'PHILADELPHIA WATERWORKS' CUPS AND SAUCERS
PROPERTY OF A PHILADELPHIA ESTATE
A RARE PAIR OF 'PHILADELPHIA WATERWORKS' CUPS AND SAUCERS

CIRCA 1825

细节
A RARE PAIR OF 'PHILADELPHIA WATERWORKS' CUPS AND SAUCERS
Circa 1825
Each finely painted in blue overglaze enamel with a scene of the waterworks at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia in a roundel, the rims bordered in blue enamel trellis pattern edged in spearhead
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) diameter (2)

拍品专文

Possibly after a drawing by Thomas Birch of The Philadelphia Dam and Waterworks at Fairmount, Philadelphia, engraved by R. Campbell and published by Edward Parker in 1824.