10 May 2006
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
Important Worcester Porcelain, The R. David Butti Collection
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Important Worcester Porcelain, The R. David Butti Collection
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A very rare Worcester leaf shaped pickle dish
circa 1757-8
Modelled in the shape of a vine leaf with a serrated rim and small stalk at the base, the underside moulded with veins, painted in colours with a flower spray and sprigs in Meissen style, 8.8cm (3 1/2in) wide (two minute nicks to the serrated rim only)
Modelled in the shape of a vine leaf with a serrated rim and small stalk at the base, the underside moulded with veins, painted in colours with a flower spray and sprigs in Meissen style, 8.8cm (3 1/2in) wide (two minute nicks to the serrated rim only)
Estimate:
£8,000 - 10,000
US$ 12,000 - 15,000
€9,300 - 12,000
US$ 12,000 - 15,000
€9,300 - 12,000
Footnotes
- Because of the problems caused by salts and acids in pickles and preserves, most factories produced pickle dishes in underglaze blue only. A few Worcester examples with overglaze decoration occur from the later 1760s and 1770s but no other example from this early period appears to be recorded.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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