A CAUGHLEY FLUTED CREAM-JUG

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1770, THE DECORATION OF LATER DATE

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A CAUGHLEY FLUTED CREAM-JUG
The porcelain circa 1770, the decoration of later date
Of flaring cylindrical form with beak spout and scroll handle, the interior gilt with scallops enclosing dots, gilt line rim and footrim, later-decorated in bright colours with fancy birds in landscape vignettes, and with a loose bouquet beneath the spout, 3in. (7.6cm.) high; together with two Worcester-style blue-scale baluster vases, pseudo blue pseudo-Chinese seal marks, incised C3 7, each painted in bright colours with pheasants and peacocks in landscapes reserved within gilt rocaille cartouches, the neck with similar panels of birds in flight, 7in. (19.6cm.) high
3in. (7.6cm.) high (3)

Provenance

Mrs. Harrison Williams; Parke-Gernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 22-23 May 1952, lot 173 (the cream-jug - as Worcester, circa 1770)
With Frank Partridge, Inc., New York (the two vases)
The Williams Estate; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15-16 May 1853, lot 295 (the two vases - as Worcester, circa 1765)

Lot Essay

Above the upper terminal of the spout are the remains of a gilt rinceau which would have originally decorated the jug just below the rim. Traces are also to be found above the birds heads and on the spout. It is likely that the present piece was originally a simple gilt-white example. The original gilding would have been stripped off and the piece enamelled with the fancy birds associated with Worcester. Such later-decorated wares seem to have been made in the 1850's, 1860's and 1890's, in response to a burgeoning market. See Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, 1996, pp. 494-495 for a discussion of the sources for this decoration and p. 500, no. E for a green-ground bell-shapoed mug later-decorated with a similar fancy bird also with a stiff red tail.

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