Lot Essay
Cf. John Sandon and Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p. 106, pl. 64.
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CIRCA 1765
Details
Two Worcester partridge-tureens and two covers
Circa 1765
Naturalistically modelled as a pair of nesting partridge to left and right, their heads, beaks, eyes and plumage picked out in tones of brown and black, the bases modelled as nests, applied with looped strands of clay and enriched in yellow, green, pink and blue, the lower parts basketweave-moulded (covers restored)
See illustration on preceding page
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide (4)
Circa 1765
Naturalistically modelled as a pair of nesting partridge to left and right, their heads, beaks, eyes and plumage picked out in tones of brown and black, the bases modelled as nests, applied with looped strands of clay and enriched in yellow, green, pink and blue, the lower parts basketweave-moulded (covers restored)
See illustration on preceding page
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide (4)
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