Painting attributed to to Thomas Pardoe (1770-1823)
English
Circa 1795 – 1809
7 1/4” L x 4” W x 5” H
This lovely lidded tureen on stand is painted with numerous flowers, rendered with remarkable precision that helps identify the piece as by the hand of the noted porcelain painter Thomas Pardoe. The fitted lid is painted with flowers and has a C scroll finial and similar handles. A hallmark of his work was his identification of each species he illustrated in red script on the reverse. That is the case with this piece, where “Rose Cockle” and “Corn Iris” are noted on the reverse in flowing script on the tureen, “Mezereonin” and “Triangular Stalked Genesta” the lid , “Mediterranean Stock,” Venus Looking Glass,” and Winged Leaved Ipomea” . Born in Derby and there apprenticed at the Derby porcelain factory in the 1780s, Pardoe later began painting creamware at Swansea, where he came under the influence of the potter and botanist Lewis Weston Dillwyn and worked with William Weston Young. The tureen and covered lid, measuring 7 1/4” L x 4” W x 5” H, have silver lustre edging and silver lustre handles and finial. This piece displays both Pardoe’s accumulated knowledge of botanical subjects and his extraordinary talents at illustration.
Price: $1950