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CIRCA 1768-1780, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CRESCENT MARK
Details
a worcester blue and white butter tub with cover and stand
Circa 1768-1780, underglaze blue crescent mark
The circular two-handled tub printed with the 'Fence'pattern of flowers near a fence and birds flying above, the slightly-domed cover with flower finial, the stand similarly decorated (chips to footrim of tub)
The stand 16.1 cm. (6 3/8 in.) diam.
Circa 1768-1780, underglaze blue crescent mark
The circular two-handled tub printed with the 'Fence'pattern of flowers near a fence and birds flying above, the slightly-domed cover with flower finial, the stand similarly decorated (chips to footrim of tub)
The stand 16.1 cm. (6 3/8 in.) diam.
Literature
Cf. Sandon, H., Worcester Porcelain 1751-1793, London 1974, ill. 134 for similarly decorated examples