British & Continental Ceramics & Glass - 3rd September 2024
Lot 402
A good Worcester mug, c.1758-60, the barrel body with an everted rim, finely painted with three
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2268
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Description
A good Worcester mug, c.1758-60, the barrel body with an everted rim, finely painted with three colourful long-tailed birds with beaks agape, perched on holey rockwork, a smaller bird diving down on them from above, the reverse with a loose flower spray, the grooved strap handle with a puce motif, 12cm.
Provenance: Rod Jellicoe. Formerly, the Ralph Kenber Collection, and the Zorensky Collection.
Cf. H Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain, pl.31, fig.674 for a similar example.