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Lot 98

A rare Worcester cornucopia
Circa 1760.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Worcester cornucopia

Circa 1760.
Of spiralling horn shape, painted in blue with the 'Cornucopia Daisy' pattern with a loose spray of flowers including two daisy-like blooms, above a smaller spray, the scroll moulded rim with three further sprays, the reverse pierced with two holes for suspension, the tip of the horn with a flowerhead, 28.5cm high (tiny rim chip)

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Provenance: The Godden Reference Collection and the Zorensky Collection, Part 3, sold in these rooms 22 February 2006, lot 274. For a discussion of the pattern see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain (1990), p 245, fig I.E19

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