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A Worcester dry mustard pot, circa 1753

Worcester Porcelain: The John Alchin and Ralph Kenber Collections

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

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A Worcester dry mustard pot, circa 1753

Of gentle baluster form, painted in famille verte style with a heron-like bird flanked by a willow tree and flowering plants, an insect in flight above, the reverse with a rock and another flying insect, 7.5cm high

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Provenance
John Alchin Collection

A similar example is illustrated by Simon Spero, The Klepser Collection (1984), p.25, no.8. Dry mustard was frequently used as a spice at this period, most probably in toddies and punch.

Worcester's Strutting Birds
A most appropriate name was coined by an unknown collector or auction cataloguer to describe a curious species of bird painted in enamel colours on some of the earliest Worcester porcelain. Ultimately based on porcelain from the Orient, the comical birds are far removed from their Chinese origin and it seems more likely the painters responsible had learnt their trade decorating English delftware. Strutting birds are also seen on Bow porcelain of similar date and while we will never know which factory used them first, the Worcester versions are definitely the most amusing.

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