An early Worcester saucer c.1754

An early Worcester saucer c.1754, printed in black in 'Smoky Primitive' style with The Flute Lesson, a couple seated beside garden statuary and beneath a leafy tree, 12cm.

Provenance: the Professor Richard Clarke Collection. Purchased from Simon Spero in 2002. Paper label for the Dr C M Signy Collection, no. 14.

The print derives from Le Maître Galant (La leçon de flute) by Nicholas Lancret. The engraving was taken from an earlier one by JP Le Bas, another version being published later by Robert Sayer in 1766.