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Lot 174*

A very rare Worcester tureen and cover, circa 1770

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £700

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A very rare Worcester tureen and cover, circa 1770

Of shallow circular form with a finely modelled cow as the finial, lying with one leg extended and its head turned to one side, with details picked out in blue, printed in blue with flowers from the 'Rose-Centred Spray Group' (II.C.10) and the 'Pine Cone Group' (II.C.11), 21.2cm diam (2)

Footnotes

The cow is similar to a model made at Plymouth or Bristol and this provides an important link to John Toulouse, who is likely to have provided the model for this remarkable finial. An example in the Museum of Royal Worcester is illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1999), p.119. An example from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams on 22 February 2006, lot 352 and is illustrated by Spero and Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1996), p.486, no.666.

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