A remarkable Worcester cabbage leaf mask jug
circa 1758
of large size, moulded with overlapping leaves, applied with a double scroll handle and thumbrest, the spout a sleeping bearded man, the body enamelled in a pale lemon colour, reserved with lobed quatrefoil panels, outlined and painted in puce with chinoiseries, the ground with scattered indianische blumen, the rims with more formal borders of Chinese floral designs, 26.5cm (10 1/2in) (spout restored),
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