A Worcester partridge tureen and a cover

CIRCA 1765

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A Worcester partridge tureen and a cover
Circa 1765
Naturally modelled and coloured to the right, its moulded plumage in shades of brown, on an oval basketwork nest edged with turquoise and yellow loops applied with coloured feathers, the cover associated (the cover cracked across behind the neck and repaired)
7in. (17.5cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Franklin A. Barrett, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (1966), pl.87A and H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period (1954), col. pl. 31 and pl. 21, no. 386. Other examples were sold in these Rooms on 1 October 1984, lot 22 (Phelps Collection), 18 March 1985, lot 125, 23 February 1987, lot 155 and 30 May 1990, lot 490 (Rous Lench Collection).

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