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Lot 109

A Worcester creamjug, circa 1754-55

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£900 - £1,200

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A Worcester creamjug, circa 1754-55

Of 'Scratch Cross' type and of baluster shape raised on a turned foot, with a sparrow beak spout and grooved loop handle, finely painted with the 'Snake in a Basket' pattern of a 'Long Eliza' figure holding a fan, standing in a leafy garden beside two interweaving pine trees, a 'ruyi' sceptre in a basket at the foot of the trees, 8.1cm high, incised line

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Provenance
Boothman Smallwood Collection, Christie's sale, 27 April 1989, lot 919
Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 23 February 2005, lot 11
Ralph Kenber Collection

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