Lot Essay
Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms on 15 February 1988, lot 158 and 18 May 1992, lot 77.
THE PROPERTY OF A DESCENDANT OF THE 2ND VISCOUNT BEARSTED MC
A Worcester blue and white bottle and basin
CIRCA 1765, BLUE CRESCENT MARKS
Details
A Worcester blue and white bottle and basin
Circa 1765, blue crescent marks
Painted with chinoiserie figures boating, fishing, on bridges and among pavilions on islands, with birds in flight overhead, the rims with panels of birds and flowers joined by diaper-pattern borders, the exterior of the bowl with flower-sprays (two chips to rim of bottle and slight crack)
The bowl 11in. (28cm.) diam., the bottle 10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)
Circa 1765, blue crescent marks
Painted with chinoiserie figures boating, fishing, on bridges and among pavilions on islands, with birds in flight overhead, the rims with panels of birds and flowers joined by diaper-pattern borders, the exterior of the bowl with flower-sprays (two chips to rim of bottle and slight crack)
The bowl 11in. (28cm.) diam., the bottle 10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Robert Drane Collection, Cardiff, no. 39.
Literature
Albert Amor Ltd., An Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Old Worcester Porcelain Formed by The Late Mr Robert Drane, F.L.S. (1922), fig. 39.
Exhibited
Albert Amor Ltd., May 1922.