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Lot 178

A rare Worcester dessert basket, circa 1770

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £800

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A rare Worcester dessert basket, circa 1770

Of oval form with pierced latticework sides applied with florets at the intersections, the unusual twig handles applied with leaves and cherries at the terminals, a painted formal border below the interior rim and the 'Pine Cone Group' pattern (II.C.11) printed to the centre, 22.5cm wide, crescent mark

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Provenance
Phillips sale, 11 June 1986, lot 284
Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 23 February 2005, lot 365

Illustrated by Spero and Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1996), p.480, no.655 and by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1999), p.55. The twig handles, bowed in the middle, are very rare and the cherry terminals are not recorded on any other example.

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