British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 19th September 2023
Lot 456
A rare miniature or toy-sized Worcester blue and white teapot and cover, c.1785, printed with a
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £500
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Description
A rare miniature or toy-sized Worcester blue and white teapot and cover, c.1785, printed with a shepherdess and a girl on a swing from the Wheeling Chair Group of patterns, within beaded roundels, disguised numeral mark, a body crack and a crack to the handle, 12cm across. (2)
Provenance: the David and Jan Birley Collection.
Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Blue and White Worcester Porcelain, II.A.20, where the pattern is described as 'very rare'.