Monday, September 26, 2011

Flight (and Barr) of Fancy

After discovering a fantastic Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain inkwell with feather decoration on 1stDibs (view here), I decided to delve into the archives of Sotheby's and Christie's to see what I could find... 
Please click on the images to be directed to either Sotheby's or Christie's to view details on these sybaritic examples of early 19th century porcelain...








 

4 comments:

  1. Those Flight and Barr feathers are incredible!
    __ The Devoted Classicist

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  2. You have just opened up a whole new world for me! Saving pennies as we speak

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  3. Aren't these amazing? And the sold archives of Sotheby's and Christie's are amazing. Not to mention searching the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (most of it is photographed and I'm assuming most of the obscure pieces aren't displayed).

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  4. These pieces are absolutely stunning. I adore them.

    xoxo
    Karena

    Art by Karena

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