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Lot 169

A rare Worcester coffee can, circa 1754

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,402.50 inc. premium

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A rare Worcester coffee can, circa 1754

Of slightly flared shape with a grooved loop handle, decorated with a 'smoky primitive' chinoiserie print, two men conversing by a fenced terrace in front of an ornate pavilion, a jagged rock and willow tree to the right, all picked out in enamel colours, 6.6cm high, workman's mark and incised line

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Provenance
Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 23 February 2005, lot 254
Ralph Kenber Collection

Illustrated by Sandon and Spero, The Zorensky Collection (1996), no.491. A similar can was sold by Bonhams on 8 June 2005, lot 166.

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