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Lot 103
An early Worcester sparrow beak jug, circa 1753-54
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn early Worcester sparrow beak jug,
circa 1753-54
Of simple baluster shape with a scrolled handle and pointed thumbrest, painted in a soft palette with flowering branches issuing from multicoloured rockwork, a long-tailed bird perched upon one branch, looking inquisitively down at the ground, 7.1cm high (shallow chip to rim)
Of simple baluster shape with a scrolled handle and pointed thumbrest, painted in a soft palette with flowering branches issuing from multicoloured rockwork, a long-tailed bird perched upon one branch, looking inquisitively down at the ground, 7.1cm high (shallow chip to rim)
Footnotes
For a closely related pattern on a Worcester mug of similar date, see Simon Spero, The A J Smith Collection, pl 72 p 160
