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Lot 181
A Worcester water bottle and basin circa 1765
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,500
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Find your local specialistA Worcester water bottle and basin
circa 1765
Of pear shape, the elongated neck with a knop below the rim, painted in blue with the 'Willow Bridge Fisherman' pattern with vignettes of two fishermen on a bridge below a weeping willow, and a man beside a Chinese building, carrying a walking stick and with a bird perched upon his hand, within diaper borders reserving panels of birds, 28cm high, crescent marks (very slight star crack in the underside of the bowl)
Of pear shape, the elongated neck with a knop below the rim, painted in blue with the 'Willow Bridge Fisherman' pattern with vignettes of two fishermen on a bridge below a weeping willow, and a man beside a Chinese building, carrying a walking stick and with a bird perched upon his hand, within diaper borders reserving panels of birds, 28cm high, crescent marks (very slight star crack in the underside of the bowl)
Footnotes
A similar bottle together with matching wasters from the factory site is illustrated by Henry Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1969), figs 17 and 21
