Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852 (1982), p. 88, pl. 92 for the pattern and p. 245 pl. 293 for the form; also see pp. 49 and 50 for the Marquess of Donegal service.
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Details
A pair of Chamberlain's, Worcester crested two-handled ice-pails and covers
with artichoke finials and scroll handles, painted and gilt with the monogram C below a ducal coronet within oval panles between sprigs of flowers, below 'harlequin' pattern border served with panels of allegorical figures, the lower sections and cover moulded and gilt with bands of stiff leaves, script marks to covers, circa 1795 (both pails cracked, one cover with cracks, the other damaged and repaired, some minor rubbing and staining) -- 29.5cm. high; and a shaped triangular dish en suite (damages and losses)
See colour plate 6 (3)
with artichoke finials and scroll handles, painted and gilt with the monogram C below a ducal coronet within oval panles between sprigs of flowers, below 'harlequin' pattern border served with panels of allegorical figures, the lower sections and cover moulded and gilt with bands of stiff leaves, script marks to covers, circa 1795 (both pails cracked, one cover with cracks, the other damaged and repaired, some minor rubbing and staining) -- 29.5cm. high; and a shaped triangular dish en suite (damages and losses)
See colour plate 6 (3)