A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE SHELL-MOULDED BOWL AND CABBAGE-LEAF MOULDED CIDER JUG
A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE SHELL-MOULDED BOWL AND CABBAGE-LEAF MOULDED CIDER JUG

CIRCA 1770, BLUE CRESCENT MARK TO THE JUG

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A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE SHELL-MOULDED BOWL AND CABBAGE-LEAF MOULDED CIDER JUG
Circa 1770, blue crescent mark to the jug
The bowl's basin printed with a chinoiserie landscape vignette beneath a flower and diaper-pattern band, the exterior moulded as a shell edged with flowering vine and printed with trailing flowers, 11in. (28cm.) diam.; the cider-jug of baluster form with scroll handle, the beak spout moulded with a crowned bearded mask, the neck with stiff leaf tips on a stippled ground, printed in the 'Chantilly Sprig' pattern with a carnation below the spout and with scattered flowers, 7¾in. (19.7cm.)n high; together with a Worcester baluster cream-jug printed in the 'Fence' pattern on one side and with variations on the 'Willow' pattern on the other, 3½in. (8.9cm.) high (3)

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