Lot Essay
Cf. the vases sold by Sotheby's, 5 October 1971, lot 73.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A pair of Worcester tapering hexagonal two-handled pot-pourri vases and covers
CIRCA 1770
Details
A pair of Worcester tapering hexagonal two-handled pot-pourri vases and covers
Circa 1770
Painted with insects and flower-sprays, the female mask handles suspending ribbon-tied flower garlands above a band of scrolls, the shoulders pierced with diaper-pattern scroll-edged panels, the high domed covers pierced and applied with flowers and rose finials (one vase cracked round shoulder and repaired, the other with crack to two sides above handle, both with restorations to handles, finials and with with some chips and restorations to flowers and foliage), later giltwood stands (2)
Circa 1770
Painted with insects and flower-sprays, the female mask handles suspending ribbon-tied flower garlands above a band of scrolls, the shoulders pierced with diaper-pattern scroll-edged panels, the high domed covers pierced and applied with flowers and rose finials (one vase cracked round shoulder and repaired, the other with crack to two sides above handle, both with restorations to handles, finials and with with some chips and restorations to flowers and foliage), later giltwood stands (2)