€2,500
A very rare pair of 18th Century Plymouth Sweet Meat Stands, c. 1770, each modelled as a shell cradled on a cluster of smaller seashells and coral, monochrome, 5 1/4" (13cms). (2)
Provenance: Blanche Vere Ponsonby (née Guest) Countess of Bessborough, early collection sticker inscribed 'Blanche Bessborough,'
Possibly some professional restoration. Otherwise very good.
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