Lot Essay
For a similar slightly smaller pair of vases with slightly variant gilding around the cartouches, see The British Interior, Christie's, New York, 24/25 January 2001, lot 241
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1830-1840, PUCE SCRIPT ROYAL PORCELAIN WORKS WORCESTER/LONDON HOUSE 1 COVENTRY STREET MARK
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A WORCESTER (FLIGHT, BARR & BARR) TOPOGRAPHICAL PINK-GROUND VASE AND COVER
1830-1840, puce script Royal Porcelain Works Worcester/London House 1 Coventry Street mark
Of 'Warwick Vase' form with gilt entwined vine handles and applied vine-leaf terminals, edd-and-dart everted rim. and pearls applied at the shoulder, finely painted with views of 'Kirtstall Abbey, Yorkshire' and 'Morpeth Castle, Northumberland' named on the underside and reserved within delicate gilt foliate and seeded cartouches on the pink ground, the lower portion with a scalloped seeded band suspending stylized tassels and enclosing pendant palmettes, the cover with an artichoke finial centering applied gilt enriched leaves in similarly decorated circular cartouche, the socle foot on further square base gilt at each corner with a trefoil on a seeded ground
12 5/8in. (32cm.) high; 12 5/8in. (32cm.) wide overall
1830-1840, puce script Royal Porcelain Works Worcester/London House 1 Coventry Street mark
Of 'Warwick Vase' form with gilt entwined vine handles and applied vine-leaf terminals, edd-and-dart everted rim. and pearls applied at the shoulder, finely painted with views of 'Kirtstall Abbey, Yorkshire' and 'Morpeth Castle, Northumberland' named on the underside and reserved within delicate gilt foliate and seeded cartouches on the pink ground, the lower portion with a scalloped seeded band suspending stylized tassels and enclosing pendant palmettes, the cover with an artichoke finial centering applied gilt enriched leaves in similarly decorated circular cartouche, the socle foot on further square base gilt at each corner with a trefoil on a seeded ground
12 5/8in. (32cm.) high; 12 5/8in. (32cm.) wide overall