A William Cookworthy (Plymouth or Bristol) salt, circa 1768-72


Modelled as a shell upturned on a low foot applied with brightly coloured smaller shells and seaweed, the interior painted with a spray of roses and other flowers, the raised handle picked out in gold, 15.6cm wide
|A pair of similar shells supported by slightly higher feet is illustrated by F.Severne Mackenna, Cookworthy's Plymouth & Bristol Porcelain (1946), pl.35, fig.57 and a white Plymouth example was sold by Bonhams on 3 October 2007, lot 230