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A Worcester butter tub, cover and stand Circa 1770.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Circa 1770.
Of drum shape with lug handles, the cover with flower finial, painted with colourful 'fancy birds' strutting and in flight in landscapes within gold mirror shaped cartouches, flanked by smaller insect panels, reserved on a scale blue ground, the stand 15.7cm diam, square marks (some tiny chips to flower finial, the stand with small patches of rubbing to enamels) (3)
Of drum shape with lug handles, the cover with flower finial, painted with colourful 'fancy birds' strutting and in flight in landscapes within gold mirror shaped cartouches, flanked by smaller insect panels, reserved on a scale blue ground, the stand 15.7cm diam, square marks (some tiny chips to flower finial, the stand with small patches of rubbing to enamels) (3)
