English & European Ceramics & Glass - 12th October 2010
Lot 301
A rare Grainger's Worcester campana ice pail and cover
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £280
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Description
A rare Grainger's Worcester campana ice pail and cover, well painted with a large panel of English flowers, on a rich cobalt blue ground picked out with feathery gilt foliate scrolls, the handles issuing from gilt lion masks, the cover with a pineapple finial, early 19th century, the cover broken and repaired, 34.5cm. (2)
Cf. John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, p.205 for a pair of the same shape.
