English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016

Lot 534

A Worcester bell-shaped mug c.1756-58

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £220

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Description

A Worcester bell-shaped mug c.1756-58, finely decorated in the Kakiemon palette with the Two Quail pattern, the portly pair with a large flowering prunus tree behind and further flowers before, a small restored rim chip, 11.8cm.

Cf. Woolley and Wallis, The Raymond Dennis Collection, 25th February 2014, lot 75 for a slightly smaller example.