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Josiah Rushton worked at the factory circa 1852-1871 and specialised in painting figure subjects
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A ROYAL WORCESTER 'IVORY' PORCELAIN TAZZA, the centre painted in Raphaelesque colours by Josiah Rushton with a portrait of a demure young girl wearing a laced red dress, within a pierced border of formal interlaced strapwork enriched in burnished gilding and blue and apricot enamels, the rim pierced with a band of stiff leaves, the underside glazed in apricot, on a short spreading foot, purple JR monogram, green printed mark, circa 1865
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A ROYAL WORCESTER 'IVORY' PORCELAIN TAZZA, the centre painted in Raphaelesque colours by Josiah Rushton with a portrait of a demure young girl wearing a laced red dress, within a pierced border of formal interlaced strapwork enriched in burnished gilding and blue and apricot enamels, the rim pierced with a band of stiff leaves, the underside glazed in apricot, on a short spreading foot, purple JR monogram, green printed mark, circa 1865
8½in. (21.6cm.) diam.
8½in. (21.6cm.) diam.