26 Nov 2003
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain
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The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain
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A rare Worcester 'Scratch Cross' milk jug
circa 1755
of pear shape with a turned foot, grooved handle and a sparrow beak spout, finely pencilled in black with a symmetrical Chinese landscape, a mountain, a fenced compound, two figures and a gazebo on each side, the two scenes connected by a lake beneath the spout, 8.6cm., scratch cross mark inside footrim, just beneath the handle (fine crack to spout, colour-filled chip and associated crack),
of pear shape with a turned foot, grooved handle and a sparrow beak spout, finely pencilled in black with a symmetrical Chinese landscape, a mountain, a fenced compound, two figures and a gazebo on each side, the two scenes connected by a lake beneath the spout, 8.6cm., scratch cross mark inside footrim, just beneath the handle (fine crack to spout, colour-filled chip and associated crack),
Sold for
£1,493
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Simon Spero Exhibition 1998, no. 15
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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