A good and rare Worcester partridge tureen and cover c.1756

A good and rare Worcester partridge tureen and cover c.1756, naturalistically modelled seated on a basket nest embellished with corn ears and colourful leaves, the plumage finely detailed in brown and russet, the head appealingly turned, 18cm across. (2)

Partridge tureens of this type were made in two sizes at Worcester, this being the larger and less common, with the applied leaf modelling running around the bottom edge of the cover rather than near the top of the base. Cf. Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, p.106 for an identical tureen pictured with the more usual smaller examples.