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Lot 9*

A Worcester creamjug, circa 1753

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Worcester creamjug, circa 1753

Of pear shape with a sparrow beak spout and double scrolled handle, painted in a light famille rose palette with a variety of flowering plants growing beside rockwork and a red triangular fence, two insects flanking the spout, 7.2cm high

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Provenance
John Alchin Collection

This model is the earliest form of Worcester creamjug. A very similar jug of the same shape and pattern is illustrated by Simon Spero, The A J Smith Collection (2006), p.203, pl.108. For the only recorded blue and white example, see Simon Spero Exhibition 1998, no.34.

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