PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR

A ROYAL WORCESTER (GEORGE OWEN) RETICULATED PALE-BLUE AND IVORY GROUND TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER VASE

PUCE PRINTED CROWNED MARK AND RETAILER'S MARK FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, REGISTRY NO. 14192 FOR 1884, SHAPE NO. 1034, PAINTED 13, DATED 1893

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A ROYAL WORCESTER (GEORGE OWEN) RETICULATED PALE-BLUE AND IVORY GROUND TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER VASE
PUCE PRINTED CROWNED MARK AND RETAILER'S MARK FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, REGISTRY NO. 14192 FOR 1884, SHAPE NO. 1034, PAINTED 13, DATED 1893
In the Persian taste, the bulbous mouth and finely pierced neck flanked by gilt enriched tubular handles, the shoulder with a band of alternating turquoise and white 'jewels', pierced overall with minute bands of triangular and hexagonal honeycomb strap-work, outlined with gilt 'jewels' and beaded gilt ribbon
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 31 May 2000, lot 517 for a vase of the same form signed and date George Owen 1907. Also see Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain, London, 1978, p. 31 for a discussion on George Owen's experiments with incredibly fine piercing. During a tight period at the factory, Owen worked months at a time without pay on these specialty pieces in hopes they would sell directly to collectors.

Illustration Courtesy of the Galen Collection.

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