Lot 318
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare Flight, Barr and Barr botanical spill vase
circa 1815-20
with a slightly tapering body, broad everted rim, square plinth and gilded handles in the form of serpent heads, unusually painted with specimens of 'Scilla non scripta, Pink-coloured Harebells' and 'Latana Trifolia', a band of applied white 'jewels' on the shoulder, 10.5cm, impressed crown and FBB, script mark
with a slightly tapering body, broad everted rim, square plinth and gilded handles in the form of serpent heads, unusually painted with specimens of 'Scilla non scripta, Pink-coloured Harebells' and 'Latana Trifolia', a band of applied white 'jewels' on the shoulder, 10.5cm, impressed crown and FBB, script mark
Footnotes
Botanical painting is rare on Worcester ornamental shapes of this period