Sold for:
$275
$275
BISHOP & STONIER STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN BOWL WITH FIRED GOLD ACCENTS, C. 1900, H 5 1/2", D 10 1/2":Marked "Bisto". Bowl shows processions of male and female medieval subjects carrying food and drink for a feast. Around the outer rim are written axioms of the day. "Better be merry with the fruitful grape than sadder after none, or bitter, fruit." "May good digestion wait on appetite and health on both". "Unborn to-morrow and dead yesterday, why fret about them if to-day be sweet!"
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-03-18
