English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017
Lot 758
A rare Worcester blue and white leaf-shaped butterboat c.1757-60
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £450
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Description
A rare Worcester blue and white leaf-shaped butterboat c.1757-60, printed with the Early Creamboat Sprays, two songbirds perched in flowering branches, the underside moulded with three trefoil leaf feet, hatched crescent mark, 8.2cm.
Provenance: the John Pinnick Collection.
Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, II.C.1 for a discussion of this pattern, which is rare used in conjunction with the butterboat shape.