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Lot 228

A magnificent Flight and Barr Worcester vase and cover, circa 1800-4

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A magnificent Flight and Barr Worcester vase and cover, circa 1800-4

Of flattened urn shape with a fluted ground picked out in gilding, scroll handles and a pierced cover with a finial of gilded petals, the front panel finely painted, probably by Samuel Smith with an extensive rustic landscape including a young family seated on fallen logs in front of a cottage, the reverse with a smaller landscape vignette in the Picturesque manner, 39.5cm high, incised B mark, script mark Flight & Barr Wor'r, Manufact' to their Maj's (two petals on the finial restored) (2)

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The painting style can be compared to a watercolour by Samuel Smith illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.311

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