Lot Essay
Cf. Henry Sandon, The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain, pl. 28 for a teapot of similar shape and with similar moulding.
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CIRCA 1770, CRESCENT MARK
Details
A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED TEAPOT AND A COVER
CIRCA 1770, CRESCENT MARK
Moulded with flowering shrub and a prunus branch between moulded foliage and blue cell-pattern borders, the cover with flower finial (minute blemishes to tip of spout and finial)
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1770, CRESCENT MARK
Moulded with flowering shrub and a prunus branch between moulded foliage and blue cell-pattern borders, the cover with flower finial (minute blemishes to tip of spout and finial)
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (2)
Exhibited
Fenichell Basmajian, New York, 1-15 November 2001, no. 61.
Special notice
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