English and European Ceramics and Glass - 8th March 2011

Lot 496

A good Worcester printed punch bowl c.1770-75

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A good Worcester printed punch bowl c.1770-75, the exterior printed in black with a continuous scene of the The Fox Hunt after a painting by James Seymour, the interior with After the Hunt and four vignettes of hounds with their spoils, a little wear to the interior, 28.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Roger and Jill Bichard of Seend House, Wiltshire. Cf. Simon Spero, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels from the Joseph M. Handley Collection, p.104-105 for a similar example.