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Lot 95

A Worcester butterboat, circa 1755-6

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £446.25 inc. premium

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A Worcester butterboat, circa 1755-6

The exterior moulded with overlapping geranium leaves, the interior painted with colourful stylised flower sprays, 8.1cm long

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Provenance
Ralph Kenber Collection

This shape is rarely found with coloured decoration. The palette used suggests an earlier date than most blue and white examples. For a similar butterboat from the Barbara Leake Collection, see Bonhams sale, 12 March 2008, lot 181.

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