A rare Worcester shell-shaped pickle dish c.1753

A rare Worcester shell-shaped pickle dish c.1753, moulded as a scallop shell and decorated with a single floral spray within an Oriental border of floral panels and green diaper bands, a faint crack issuing from a firing fault, 9cm. Cf. Bonhams, The Zorensky Collection Pt II, 23 February 2005, lot 4 for a similar dish.