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Lot 168*

8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,400 inc. premium

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A very fine Worcester mug

circa 1755
of baluster shape with a ribbed handle, painted in bright enamels with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern of a portly gentleman signalling to a flying bird above fanciful rocks, the reverse with a bold plant spray in think famille rose enamels, 11.2cm (very minor scratching to enamels only)

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For a mug with a similar treatment of this popular pattern including a famille rose spray on the reverse see John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, colour pl. 8

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