Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014

Lot 341

A rare Worcester small bell-shaped blue and white mug c.1760

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400

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Description

A rare Worcester small bell-shaped blue and white mug c.1760, printed with the Delicate Rose pattern, a central naturalistic rose within a spray of further flowers with butterflies in flight above, 8cm.

Provenance: from a private collection. Purchased from Jupiter Antiques on 6th November 1999.

Cf. Bonhams, The Zorensky Collection of Worcester Porcelain Part II, 23rd February 2005, lot 343 for an identical mug.