A rare Worcester hexagonal beaker or teabowl c.1753-55

A rare Worcester hexagonal beaker or teabowl c.1753-55, decorated in the Chinese manner with panels of vases and auspicious objects alternating with bands of flowers and foliage, the interior with a red hatched border to the rim and a spray of lotus to the well, a little restoration to the rim, 5.5cm high.

Cf. Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain: The Zorensky Collection, no.47 for a teabowl and saucer in the same pattern.