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8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £720 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare Worcester coffee jug and cover
circa 1775
of pear shape moulded with fine vertical reeding, with a flower finial and ear-shaped handle with a raised thumbrest, painted in bright puce enamel with gold highlights with formal plants growing from 'banded hedges' and a hexagonal cell border, 23cm (fine hairline beside lip) (2)
of pear shape moulded with fine vertical reeding, with a flower finial and ear-shaped handle with a raised thumbrest, painted in bright puce enamel with gold highlights with formal plants growing from 'banded hedges' and a hexagonal cell border, 23cm (fine hairline beside lip) (2)
Footnotes
The decoration is a direct copy of Meissen. Another rare coffee jug of this form is recorded in the blue and white 'Immortelle' pattern also copied from Meissen and this was made for the Continental market. It is likely the present example was intended for export to the Continent
