A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN 'AESTHETIC' OR 'PATIENCE' TEAPOT AND COVER
A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN 'AESTHETIC' OR 'PATIENCE' TEAPOT AND COVER

DATE LETTER T FOR 1882 AND REGISTRY DIAMOND FOR DECEMBER 1881, PUCE PAINTED CROWNED GLOBE MARK, IMPRESSED T3, DESIGNED BY R.W. BINNS, MODELED BY JAMES HADLEY

Details
A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN 'AESTHETIC' OR 'PATIENCE' TEAPOT AND COVER
DATE LETTER T FOR 1882 AND REGISTRY DIAMOND FOR DECEMBER 1881, PUCE PAINTED CROWNED GLOBE MARK, IMPRESSED T3, DESIGNED BY R.W. BINNS, MODELED BY JAMES HADLEY
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde, modeled as a dandy and conjoined companion with limp wrist spout and angled elbow handle, decorated in 'greenery-yallery' colors, inscribed on the bottom "Fearful consequences, through the laws of natural selection and evolution of living up to one's teapot", signed "Budge"
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high (2)

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

See H. Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain, London, 1978, p. 12, pl. 100 for a discussion on the piece as it relates to Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Patience; also see In Pursuit of Beauty, Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Volume, October 23, 1986, to January 11, 1987, p. 25 - 28, fig. I.I, for a discussion on the general reaction to Aestheticism and a commentary which identifies this form as the satiric 'apotheosis'.

More from 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe

View All
View All