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Lot 322

A rare Worcester bough pot, circa 1768

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

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A rare Worcester bough pot, circa 1768

Of exuberant rococo-moulded form, the high back pierced for suspension, the fixed cover with one large and eighteen smaller apertures, the boldly scroll-moulded rim picked out in gold, painted in bright enamels with three panels of 'fancy' birds edged with gilt scrollwork, the reverse with smaller birds and moths in flight, reserved on a scale blue ground, 27.7cm wide, square mark

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Fully modelled in the round and decorated to the reverse, this piece appears not to have been designed for placing against a wall but, confusingly, there are suspension holes to the back. A similar example from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams, 22 February 2005, lot 177

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