A PAIR OF WORCESTER (FLIGHT, BARR & BARR) BOTANICAL FRUIT COOLERS, COVERS AND A LINER
CIRCA 1813, IMPRESSED CROWNED FBB MARKS, ONE WITH PUCE SCRIPT MARK FOR BARR, FLIGHT & BARR, THE OTHER FOR FLIGHT, BARR & BARR
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A PAIR OF WORCESTER (FLIGHT, BARR & BARR) BOTANICAL FRUIT COOLERS, COVERS AND A LINER
Circa 1813, impressed crowned FBB marks, one with puce script mark for Barr, Flight & Barr, the other for Flight, Barr & Barr
Each of campana form with foliate bracket handles and berried finial, painted in bright colors with two specimen flowers named on the underside in Latin and in English
10in. (27.3cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
The present fruit coolers date circa 1813 as it was in that year that the name of the factory changed from Barr, Flight & Barr (1804-1813) to Flight, Barr & Barr (1813-1840).