A Worcester wine taster

A Worcester wine taster, c.1765, of peach form, moulded to the exterior with a fine osier design, an applied flowering branch forming the foot and handle, painted in polychrome enamels with a continuous floral border to the interior, the flowering branch enamelled to the exterior, 9.8cm across.

Provenance: Brian Haughton, 1 December 1998.

Cf. Bonhams, The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain, 26th November 2003, lot 106 for an identical example.