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Lot 110

A Worcester coffee can, circa 1754-55

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Worcester coffee can, circa 1754-55

Of slightly waisted cylindrical shape with a grooved loop handle, brightly painted with the 'Snake in a Basket' pattern of a 'Long Eliza' figure holding a fan, standing by grasses and plants, two interlocking pine trees, a 'ruyi' sceptre at the foot of the trees, 6.6cm high

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Provenance
Paul B Zeisler Jr. Collection
Cohen Collection, Albert Amor exhibition 1992, no. 41
Ralph Kenber Collection

A similar can from The R. David Butti Collection was sold by Bonhams, 10 May 2006, lot 18.

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