CIRCA 1765, BLUE SQUARE PSEUDO-CHINESE SEAL MARK

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A WORCESTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1765, BLUE SQUARE PSEUDO-CHINESE SEAL MARK
Of fluted baluster form, the domed cover with flower finial, painted in a vivid famille verte palette in 'The Chequered Tent' pattern with a triangular tent before bamboo and flowering shrubs, the spout with flowering vine and ribbon-tied scrolls
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

The Brigadier Douglas Phelps Collection; Christie's, London, 1 October 1984, lot 143.

Lot Essay

A saucer dish in this pattern was sold Bonhams, London, 8 June 2005, lot 194 and a cream jug was sold in The Zorensky Collection, Part II, Bonhams, 23 February 2005, lot 83. Examples in this pattern are often attributed to the Giles workshop and its inspiration is thought to be Meissen porcelain rather than Chinese. See John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, vol. I, Suffolk, 1996 for a further discussion.

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