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Lot 179

A pair of Worcester cornucopias, circa 1756-58

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A pair of Worcester cornucopias, circa 1756-58

Of spiral horn shape with foliate scroll-moulded rims, crisply moulded in low relief with a rural landscape comprising a shepherd resting beneath a tree beside an ecclesiastical building, cattle grazing in the foreground, the rims painted with a formal diaper, floral and foliate scroll border, three floral sprays at the base, 21.5cm high, workmen's marks (2)

Footnotes

A very similar pair of cornucopias was sold by Bonhams on 5 March 2003, lot 87. Another from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams on 16 March 2004, lot 307 (part) and is illustrated by Spero and Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1996), p.409, fig.538 (left). A pair from the Ewers-Tyne Collection is illustrated by John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), pp.18-9, no.3.

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