A very rare Worcester three-handled vase c.1775-78

A very rare Worcester three-handled vase c.1775-78, printed in black with the Draw Well pattern, a figure hauling on a rope to draw a bucket up from a well, and two scenes of Classical ruins, amidst flower garlands and single sprays, the neck issuing three handles with applied flowers where they meet the shoulder, raised on a circular foot, a little restoration to the handles, 18.5cm.

Provenance: Cyril Cook Collection.

Sir William Mullens Collection, Sotheby's, 22nd February 1977, lot 141.

Joseph Handley Collection, no. 5.4.