Royal Bayreuth Little Boy Blue Nursery Rhyme Porcelain Creamer

Royal Bayreuth porcelain creamer featuring motifs from the Little Boy Blue nursery rhyme. The bulbous form is decorated with a transfer-printed and hand-tinted scene of a boy sleeping beneath a haycock in a rural landscape with sheep. A laurel leaf and berry garland borders the rim against a graduated pink and green tinted ground. The reverse displays the full text of the nursery rhyme within a rustic branch frame. The base features a blue underglaze mark with a crest of two lions flanking a shield above a banner reading PRIV. 1794, with Royal Bayreuth above and BAVARIA below. A second mark to the right depicts a crown above a shield containing the letters B, T, and C, atop the word GERMANY. Dimensions: 4.5"W x 2.5"H Weight: 0.26 oz Condition Request Condition Report Good.

Estimate:£15

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