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Lot 127

A rare Worcester sparrow beak jug
circa 1758

14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Worcester sparrow beak jug

circa 1758
Of unusually squat form and with a grooved handle, painted in blue with the 'Scroll Border Island' pattern, two Chinese huts constructed beneath a tall willow tree, the reverse with a small rock and birds in flight, scrolled motifs below the interior rim, 8.2cm high, workman's mark inside footrim (small restored chips to the rim and spout)

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See Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain (1989), I D 7A for a teabowl and saucer in this very rare pattern. A glazed waster of the pattern was found during excavations on the factory site in 1969 but the authors did not locate a finished example until 1982. There are similarities to the 'Fisherman and Willow Pavilion' pattern, I B 21

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