Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Watney, English Blue & White Porcelain of the 18th Century (1979), pl. 24B.
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Details
A Worcester blue and white bowl
Circa 1753, workman's mark
Painted with peony issuing from pierced rockwork before terracing, the reverse with a bird perched above rockwork, the interior with a flower spray below a border of flowerheads flanked by fretted section within blue-lines (some light surface scratches and fritting to interior)
5 7/8in. (15cm.) diam.
Circa 1753, workman's mark
Painted with peony issuing from pierced rockwork before terracing, the reverse with a bird perched above rockwork, the interior with a flower spray below a border of flowerheads flanked by fretted section within blue-lines (some light surface scratches and fritting to interior)
5 7/8in. (15cm.) diam.
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