A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT MOUNTED JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER, THE PORCELAIN LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER MARK OF JAMES ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1817

A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT MOUNTED JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER
THE PORCELAIN LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER MARK OF JAMES ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1817
Painted in iron-red, green and gilt with a hawk perched on a brown bow among bamboo, on spreading fluted foot, the short stem engraved with a band of wave ornament, the rim with small roundels at intervals, the domed cover with central fluted boss with bud finial and band of wave ornament, inventory label OP.M78, marked on foot only
4 ¾ in. (10.2 cm.) diameter

Provenance

William Beckford (1760-1844).
Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852).
Thence by descent to William, 12th Duke of Hamilton (d. 1895), Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire;
sold Christie's, London, 20 June 1882, lot 232, £33 to 'Duncan' (Christopher Beckett Denison).
Christopher Beckett Denison, Upper Grosvenor Street, W1; sold Christie's, London, 11 June 1885, lot 599, £20 9s. 6d. to Kidson on behalf of
William James (1854-1912) of West Dean House, and by descent.