Lot 290
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,080 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA fine Chamberlain beaker
circa 1800
of plain tapering form, finely painted by John Wood with a figural panel entitled 'Contemplation', reserved on a ground of gilt lozenges highlighted in iron red, a wide gilded border of scrollwork and Garter stars below the rim, 11cm high, Chamberlains Worcester in gilt script (some slight wear to the gilded rim only)
of plain tapering form, finely painted by John Wood with a figural panel entitled 'Contemplation', reserved on a ground of gilt lozenges highlighted in iron red, a wide gilded border of scrollwork and Garter stars below the rim, 11cm high, Chamberlains Worcester in gilt script (some slight wear to the gilded rim only)
Footnotes
This shape is described as a 'Tumbler' or 'Goblet' in the factory accounts. See Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain, figs 377 and 378, p 291 for other examples