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Lot 373

A rare Barr, Flight and Barr inkstand and cover by William Billingsley, circa 1808-10

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A rare Barr, Flight and Barr inkstand and cover by William Billingsley, circa 1808-10

The curved front and cover painted with pink roses, thorny buds and leaves by William Billingsley, the two pockets on either side of the handle gilt with anthemions on a peach-coloured ground, the gilded handle with a mask terminal overlooking a fixed liner and three quill holes, 13.7cm wide, the cover with incised B mark (cover chipped and cracked) (2)

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William Billingsley arrived at Worcester in the summer of 1808 during the Barr, Flight and Barr period and it is likely that he painted roses and other flowers on Worcester porcelain during the first year or two of his time there, before Martin Barr put him to work on refining the Worcester body. Billingsley left Worcester in 1813. A vase with a related and distinctive treatment of roses attributed to Billingsley is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.66. A Barr, Flight and Barr teacup and saucer by William Billingsley was sold by Bonhams 3 October 2012, lot 199.

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