Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016
Lot 230
A Worcester ovoid vase c.1765
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
A Worcester ovoid vase c.1765, printed in black to one side with May Day, two ladies dancing to the music of a peg-legged fiddler, before a man balancing a bowl of flowers and other objects on his head, the reverse with a scene of Milkmaids, 20cm.
Paper label for the E & J Handley Collection.
Illustrated: Simon Spero, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, no.2.42.
The May Day print derives from a painting by Francis Hayman, which appears on p.120 of The Ladies Amusement.