A Worcester vase and cover c.1758

A Worcester vase and cover c.1758, painted with the Mobbing Birds pattern, a long-eared owl perched in the branches of a large tree with other colourful birds, the reverse with a large spray of flowers and further single scattered blooms, a 1cm restored chip to the cover, 20cm. (2) Cf. Bonhams, The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection Part II, lot 28 for a similar vase without a cover. There are many variations on this pattern which is believed to have been copied from Chelsea who, in turn, copied it from the Meissen original.