£300 - £500
A RARE SWANSEA CABINET CUP DECORATED BY THOMAS BAXTER, 1816-19 finely painted to the front in sepia with the full length figure of a gleaner, the handle terminating in a mask and gilt scrollwork, 11cm h, puce painted Swansea and title GLEANER
For a similar example from the Sir Leslie Joseph Collection see Wilstead (John O) and Bernard Morris, Thomas Baxter the Swansea Years 1816-1819, 1997, plt 52.
Old restoration to back foot, the other two feet with single small chip, the cup with fine descending hairline crack at back, no restoration
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