EIGHT WORCESTER PORCELAIN LEAF-MOULDED BUTTERBOATS
CIRCA 1758-1760, VARIOUS WORKMAN'S MARKS
The exterior of each deep cup moulded as overlapping geranium leaves, the stem extending into a handle, the underside of the foot as a flowerhead, the interior painted with a flower spray, the rim with similar flowering vine
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long (8)
Provenance
With D.M. & P. Manheim, New York.
Lot Essay
See The Watney Collection of Fine Early English Porcelain, Part I, Phillips, London, 22 September 1999, lot 193 for a similar butterboat or pickle dish with a scalloped foot.
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