THE INKPOT 1775-1785; THE VASES CIRCA 1770, BLUE CRESCENT MARKS

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A CAUGHLEY BLUE AND WHITE INKPOT AND A PAIR OF WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE VASES
The inkpot 1775-1785; the vases circa 1770, blue crescent marks
The inkpot of waisted cylindrical form with central well and four quill emplacements, printed in the 'Bell Toy' pattern with a Chinese woman seated in a fenced garden beside a table with vases at her right, a young boy playing with a stick hung with bells at her left, and with scattered Chinese figures and a pagoda in a garden, the underside with red-painted collection number 'C^-116', 4in. (10.1cm.) diam.; each vase of gu shape, printed in the 'Three Flowers' pattern and with trailing morning glory and scattered butterflies, 6in. (15.2cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

Another Caughley inkpot of identical rare form, also printed with the 'Bell-Toy' pattern but with variant scattered designs, is in the Castle Museum collection, Norwich. Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Caughley & Worcester Porcelains 1775-1800, New York, 1969, pp. 25, 97, plate 128.

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