A rare Worcester blue and white bowl c.1757-58

A rare Worcester blue and white bowl c.1757-58, painted with the Listening Birds pattern, possibly by Rogers, with three birds perched in the branches of a tree with further birds in flight around and mountains visible in the distance, the reverse with a single bird on a leafy branch, a small restored chip and crack, 15.7cm dia.

This rare painted pattern is the predecessor to the more common printed Birds in Branches pattern. Very few examples are known.