A WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE BROTH BOWL AND COVER

CIRCA 1770, BLUE PSEUDO-CHINESE SEAL MARK

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A WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE BROTH BOWL AND COVER
Circa 1770, blue pseudo-Chinese seal mark
Of globular form with scroll handles, the finial as a flower, with loose bouquets within gilt foliate cartouches, 7in. (19.1cm.) wide, overall; together with a gros blue shell-shaped dish of similar date, blue script W mark, with a loose bouquet, the border gilt with oeil-de-perdrix and edged with gilt foliate scrolls suspending puce flower garlands, 7in. (19.1cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

The Williams Estate, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15-16 May 1954, lot 298 (the bowl and cover, as previously with Frank Partridge, Inc., New York)
Anon. sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 13-14 November 1953, lot 123 (the shell-shaped dish)

Lot Essay

See Simon Spere and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no. 330 for a similar eceulle and cover and no. 370 for a dessert plate from the same service as the shell-shaped dish.

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