English & European Ceramics & Glass - 13th September 2011

Lot 465

A Worcester printed teapot and cover and a mug c.1755-60

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £800

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Description

A Worcester printed teapot and cover and a mug c.1755-60, the teapot of unusually squat form and decorated in black with the Boy on a Buffalo pattern, the mug decorated with a Robert Hancock print of cranes and other birds beside water, restoration, 18cm max. (3) Cf. 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, p.110 for the bird print. Provenance: from the collection of the late John Norie.