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Lot 183

A rare Worcester small jug, circa 1780-85

30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £816 inc. premium

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A rare Worcester small jug, circa 1780-85

Baluster with a plain cylindrical neck and pointed lip, the handle with a pronounced thumbrest, printed in blue with the primary print from the 'European Landscape Group', the reverse with the very rare 'Obelisk and Vase' print, Fitzhugh-type borders inside and out, 11.1cm high, crescent mark (chip to spout)

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Provenance: The Godden Reference Collection. Subsequently the Zorensky Collection, Part 2, sold in these rooms 23 February 2005, lot 345, bought once again by Geoffrey Godden. Illustrated by John Sandon and Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain, the Zorensky Collection (1988), fig. 668. Also illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), pl. 526, An Introduction to English Blue and White Porcelains (1974), pl. 26, fig. 142, and by Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain (1981/1989), pattern II.B.14.

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