
Fergus Gambon
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Provenance
Geoffrey Hutchison Collection
E and J Handley Collection
Simon Spero exhibition 2000, no. 30
Ralph Kenber Collection
Illustrated by Joseph M Handley, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels (1991), p.113, fig 3.3. Several versions of the 'Parrot and Fruit' pattern were transfer printed at Worcester and it was an image that enjoyed widespread popularity in England. This variant was designated as no.3 by Cyril Cook and this is probably the work of Robert Hancock. A mug with this version sold by Bonhams on 10 December 2008, lot 150 also featured an additional parrot or macaw. Printed vases of this beaker shape are exceptionally rare. An example with a coloured chinoiserie print was in the Rous Lench and Zorensky Collections, Bonhams sale 16 March 2004, lot 269.