Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852 p. 249 for an entry in the factory order book for a similar inkstand costing ?3 3s.0d., February 1813
Property from the Estate of
MARC HAAS
A CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER TREFOIL-SHAPED PALE-BLUE GROUND INKSTAND
Details
A CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER TREFOIL-SHAPED PALE-BLUE GROUND INKSTAND
CIRCA 1810, IRON-RED SCRIPT MARK
With gilt triple dolphin handle, and fitted with two wells and a sander above a base applied with three pen-holders and painted with a panel of feathers within gilt lines and satyrs masks at the angles (two wells and one pen-holder restored, another cracked, slight wear to gilding) --6in. (15cm.) wide
CIRCA 1810, IRON-RED SCRIPT MARK
With gilt triple dolphin handle, and fitted with two wells and a sander above a base applied with three pen-holders and painted with a panel of feathers within gilt lines and satyrs masks at the angles (two wells and one pen-holder restored, another cracked, slight wear to gilding) --6in. (15cm.) wide