Lot Essay
Cf. H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, pl. 49, no. 1002 and the example sold in these Rooms on 6 June 1988, lot 197
Various Properties
A WORCESTER APPLE-GREEN GROUND CABBAGE-LEAF MOULDED MASK-JUG painted with exotic birds perched and in flight among shrubs in landscape vignettes and with scattered butterflies, within shape gilt C-scroll cartouches and beneath a border of moulded gilt stiff leaves (restoration to rim of lip, slight chip to enamel near base of lip), circa 1770
Details
A WORCESTER APPLE-GREEN GROUND CABBAGE-LEAF MOULDED MASK-JUG painted with exotic birds perched and in flight among shrubs in landscape vignettes and with scattered butterflies, within shape gilt C-scroll cartouches and beneath a border of moulded gilt stiff leaves (restoration to rim of lip, slight chip to enamel near base of lip), circa 1770
20.5cm. high
20.5cm. high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 10 October 1988, lot 194