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A WORCESTER TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1770
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A WORCESTER TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1770
Outside-decorated with a 'Scarlet Japan' pattern alternating with puce flower-sprays, the iron-red panels gilt with diaper ornament and reserved with mons (minute chipping to tip of spout and to finial)
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Lot Essay
Cf. Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles (Wingham, 1983), pl. 56(a), for a coffee-cup of this pattern.