Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 103
A Worcester wine taster
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A Worcester wine taster, c.1765, of peach form, moulded to the exterior with a fine osier design, an applied flowering branch forming the foot and handle, painted in polychrome enamels with a continuous floral border to the interior, the flowering branch enamelled to the exterior, 9.8cm across.
Provenance: Brian Haughton, 1 December 1998.
Cf. Bonhams, The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain, 26th November 2003, lot 106 for an identical example.