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A rare Worcester sparrow beak jug Circa 1752-53.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £7,000
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Find your local specialistA rare Worcester sparrow beak jug
Circa 1752-53.
Of pear shape with a loop handle, finely painted in colours with a long tailed bird perched on flowering branches issuing from pierced rockwork, 7cm high, workman's mark of cross in red enamel (a minor kiln blemish with a short associated fine hairline in the rim)
Of pear shape with a loop handle, finely painted in colours with a long tailed bird perched on flowering branches issuing from pierced rockwork, 7cm high, workman's mark of cross in red enamel (a minor kiln blemish with a short associated fine hairline in the rim)
Footnotes
Early examples of sparrow beak jugs are more commonly found with scrolling handles rather than the plain rolled handle of this example. For similar jugs with variations to the bird painting see H.Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain (1954), pl 2, fig 41 and Samuel M Clarke, Worcester Porcelain in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection (1987), p 16, pl 2
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