Lot Essay
Thomas John Bott was active at the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company from 1873 until 1885/6.
Property from the Estate of
JEWEL C. RUSH
A PAIR OF ROYAL WORCESTER COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES ON FIXED STANDS
BLUE CROWNED MARK AND N CYPHER FOR 1878, GILT CN, ONE SIGNED AND DATED BY T.J. BOTT. 79.
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A PAIR OF ROYAL WORCESTER COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES ON FIXED STANDS
Blue crowned mark and N cypher for 1878, gilt cn, one signed and dated by T.J. Bott. 79.
Each with pistol handles, enamelled en grisaille, the front with an oval vignette of Venus and Cupid within gilt surround flanked by caryatids, the reverse with a mask flanked by putti holding aloft flaming torches, the stands with Bacchic masks and ribbons suspending foliate garlands
21in. (53.2cm.) high
Blue crowned mark and N cypher for 1878, gilt cn, one signed and dated by T.J. Bott. 79.
Each with pistol handles, enamelled en grisaille, the front with an oval vignette of Venus and Cupid within gilt surround flanked by caryatids, the reverse with a mask flanked by putti holding aloft flaming torches, the stands with Bacchic masks and ribbons suspending foliate garlands
21in. (53.2cm.) high