A pair of Worcester blue and white bough pots
of bomb form, the rims moulded with rococo scrolls, each pierced with a lobed aperture among smaller circular apertures, printed with insects among loose sprays of flowers, blue crescent marks, circa 1765 (one with re-stuck chip to the top and cracked) -- 17cm. high See colour plate 7 (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790 (1981), p. 336.