CIRCA 1770, THE GROUND COLOUR OF LATER DATE

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A WORCESTER APPLE-GREEN GROUND BOMBÉ BOUGH-POT
Circa 1770, the ground colour of later date
With high rococo scroll back and shaped pierced top, the sides transfer printed and coloured with scenes of Classical figures and ruins in landscapes within shaped cartouches
8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., June 13-14, 1979, lot 506

Lot Essay

Cf. Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain, The Kelpser Collection, London, 1984, pl. 191; and Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, Wingham, 1983, pp. 92 and 93 for a discussion and examples of this type of decoration

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