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Lot 64*

A Worcester coffee can, circa 1755-58

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,785 inc. premium

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A Worcester coffee can, circa 1755-58

Of attractive small size, the waisted cylindrical form with a grooved loop handle, painted in shades of blue with the 'Cormorant' pattern (I.B.28), the bird perched upon pierced rockwork, a fisherman standing in a sampan nearby, the reverse with a flowering peony plant, 5.9cm high, workman's mark below handle, two incised lines inside footrim, one under the handle

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John Alchin Collection

A classic design of the 1754-56 period associated with the 'Scratch Cross' class of wares, loosely derived from tin-glazed earthenwares.

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