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Click here to subscribeA pair of Worcester baskets, circa 1770Of circular form, the flared sides pierced with interlocking circles, purple and green florets applied to the exterior, painted with leafy bouquets of colourful flowers, smaller sprigs and scattered leaves below the interior brown line rims, 19.4cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teapot and cover, coffee cup and small mug, circa 1768-75The teapot painted with colourful flower sprays, below a red and gold crowsfoot border, 13.8cm high, the coffee cup painted in Mandarin style with fine Chinese ladies in a garden, a gilt scrolled panel reserving a puce landscape by the handle, 6.3cm high, the cylindrical mug with flowers and a gilt line rim, 6.5cm high (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceAlbert Amor, Treasure from Toronto Exhibition, 1993, no.39 (teapot)Stephen Hanscombe Collection (coffee cup)Gerald Moore CollectionThe painting style on the teapot is unusual and it has been suggested that this is an early example from the Giles workshop.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Worcester toddy cup, circa 1768Of thistle shape, the plain handle with a kick at the lower terminal, painted with a colourful flower spray, scattered sprigs and leaves to the reverse, with a gilt line rim, 6.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThis form is apparently unique to Worcester and was probably copied either from silver or glass. The present lot is the only recorded example with this floral pattern. One specimen survives in the 'Rich Queens' pattern, while a few others are known which were left unfinished with only the underglaze blue portion of the Queens pattern. A few of these were later decorated with overglaze enamels. See John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.339 and col. pl.84.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Worcester miniature or 'toy' teabowl and saucer and a coffee cup, circa 1775Plain in shape and of very small size, the cup with a grooved handle, painted in colours with formal flowers, the teabowl and saucer with additional gilded rims, cup 3.6cm high, saucer 5.1cm diam (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionHaving made miniature blue and white teawares a decade or more previously, Worcester chose to reintroduce a small number of toys around 1775. These were smaller than most toy teawares in English porcelain and, unusually, were decorated in enamel colours. Very few appear to have been made, and when the Worcester factory introduced a new range of blue and white toys in the 1780s, they returned to a more popular, slightly larger size.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester sauceboat, circa 1770Of fluted form on a low pedestal foot, the handle with a high thumbrest, painted with a loose, colourful bouquet of flowers, further floral sprays, sprigs and scattered leaves all around and below the interior rim, 18.3cm longFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester 'Blind Earl' spoon tray, circa 1770Of lobed, oval form, with fine twig handles, the upper surface moulded with leaves and flower buds, painted with colourful floral garlands, suspended from the gilt-edged deep blue border, with a gilt dentil rim, 16.8cm wide across the handles, 'W' markFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThe design has been painted without regard for the 'Blind Earl' moulding underneath, carefully executed so as not to allow the moulded buds on the handle terminals to spoil the line of the border.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester spoon, circa 1770-75With a circular bowl painted in blue with a floret within a simple line border, the rococo moulded handle picked out in blue, 10cm longFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThese charming, small spoons are thought to have been use for mustard or salt. An enamelled example from the Robyn Robb Collection was sold by Bonhams on 22 June 2022, lot 405.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester sweetmeat dish, circa 1772Of deep shell form, the moulding picked out in gold around the handle, the interior painted with a spray of flowers within a 'wet' blue ground border heightened with elaborate gilding, with a gilt dentil rim, 12.8cm wide, crescent markFootnotes:ProvenanceZorensky Collection, Bonhams, 22 February 2006, lot 161Gerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester sucrier and cover, circa 1765The finial modelled as a partly opened bud, the well-controlled powder blue ground reserving alternate fan-shaped and circular panels, the panels revealing a continuous band of colourful flowers, edged in gold and with sprigs of gilded flowers scattered on the blue ground, 11.5 cm high, incised numeral 2 inside the cover (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Robyn RobbGerald Moore CollectionThis well-controlled powder blue ground apparently pre-dates blue scale at Worcester. A dish probably by the same hand is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, p.267.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester powder blue saucer dish, circa 1765En suite to the previous lot, the powder blue ground reserving panels of formal European flowers, edged in gold and with sprigs of gilded flowers, 18cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Worcester mask jug, circa 1770-75Of pear shape on a neatly turned foot, with a scrolled handle, the spout moulded with a grey-bearded male mask, the blue scale ground reserving gilt scroll-edged panels of colourful flowers, 17cm high, square markFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester plate from the Lord Craven service, circa 1770The blue scale ground reserving rococo shaped panels of colourful flowers framed with scrollwork and flowers in ciselé gilding, the lobed rim also edged with a gold line, 22.2cm diam, square markFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThe 6th Baron Craven (1738-91) was a valued customer of the Giles workshop. Purchases in his name are noted in the Giles account ledger in December 1771 and January 1772 but there is no record of the specific patterns and wares that he purchased and so it remains unclear why this particular blue scale-ground service is associated with Lord Craven. See Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles China and Glass Painter (2005), fig.19 for a matching plate.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester butter tub, cover and stand, circa 1770Of drum shape with lug handles, the cover with a large flower finial, painted with garlands of colourful flowers and smaller sprigs within gilt-edged cartouches, reserved on a blue scale ground, with gilt rims, stand 16cm diam, square marks (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceS Barratt CollectionGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Narford Hall Chestnut Basket: an exceptional Worcester basket, cover and stand, circa 1768The modelling by John Toulouse, each part moulded with puce florets, the basket with a honeycomb ground, the cover and stand with pierced arcaded borders, the centre of the stand and interior of the bowl with colourful flower panels on a blue scale ground, the twig handles and finials with elaborate modelled flower terminals, stand 26.5cm wide, square marks, the footrim of the basket impressed with initials 'To' for John Toulouse (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Fountaine Collection at Narford HallC Boot, probably purchased at the celebrated Fountaine sales in 1884 (paper label)With Rod JellicoeGerald Moore CollectionJohn Toulouse had created related moulding while at Bow and he probably introduced the shape to Worcester around 1766-68. The modelling of the flowers is typical of Worcester porcelain bearing the To mark, although it is very unusual to find chestnut baskets marked with his initials. This shape is traditionally known as a chestnut basket and this is likely its intended purpose. This name does not appear in the 1769 Worcester sale catalogue, however, and instead several pairs of 'cream basons' with covers and plates are listed. Whichever function was intended, the present lot is an exceptional example with nothing to indicate that it was ever used, other than as the most splendid decoration.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester leaf dish, circa 1770Formed as two overlapping leaves, with a curled stalk handle, painted with flowers and unusual feather-like purple veins, the edges of the serrated leaves coloured in pale-yellow and green, 22.7cmFootnotes:ProvenanceBarbara Leake Collection, Bonhams, 12 March 2008, lot 186Gerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teabowl and saucer, circa 1770Decorated with the 'Marchioness of Huntly' pattern, floral festoons spiralling from apple-green borders edged with gilt rococo scrolls, a budding rose sprig centre, saucer 12cm diam (2)Footnotes:Provenance Perry CollectionGerald Moore CollectionThe Marchioness of Huntly, who owned a large set of this pattern, was the half-sister of Lady Charlotte Schreiber. See Rosalie Sharp, Ceramics, Ethics and Scandal (2002), p.28.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five Worcester dishes of Hope Edwardes pattern, the porcelain circa 1770Decorated at a later date, the borders with claret cornucopia panels with ciselé gilding, the centres with colourful fruit and flower sprays, comprising a pair of large round dishes with lobed rims, 30cm diam, a pair of heart shaped dishes, 25.5cm wide, and a shell shaped dish, 19.2cm wide (5)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester plate, circa 1770-75With a lobed edge in Meissen style, painted in the Giles workshop with bouquets and scattered sprigs of formal flowers in a limited palette including puce roses and 'dry blue', the rim edged in brown, 22.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionElements of Naturalistic painting confirms an attribution to the Giles workshop, although the formal style may have been copied from Worcester factory decoration.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1770Decorated in the Giles workshop with vibrant flowers and scattered leaves, the cup with a spray of forget-me-nots to the interior and graduated gilt dots adorning the handle, with brown line rims, saucer 13.2cm diam, crossed swords and numerals 9 and 2 (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester small plate, circa 1770With a scalloped rim, painted in the Giles workshop in so-called 'Wet Brush Style' with a central spray of a fig and three cherries, the border with three branches bearing rose hips, sloe berries and sliced plums respectively, three curious insects in between, the rim edged with a gold line, 19cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester dessert dish, circa 1770Of lobed lozenge shape, painted in the workshop of James Giles in vibrant colours with a loose bouquet and scattered smaller sprays, a brown line at the rim, 23.3cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThe painting style is related to that on a stand attributed to the so-called 'wind-blown flower painter', see Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles, China and Glass Painter (2005), no.5.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Worcester teacup, coffee cup and saucer, circa 1770-72Painted in the Giles workshop with loose flower sprays between blue tramline borders with gilt bars, with gilt dentil rims, the handles with gilt dots descending in size, saucer 13.1cm diam, crossed swords and numeral 9 mark (teacup and saucer) (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionWith borders derived from Sèvres, and a Meissen-style mark, this trio encompasses so many of the qualities that make the London workshop of James Giles so distinctive. Giles features include the variegated, divergent tulips and daisy-like flowers, the gilt footrims and handles with gilt dots descending in size.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Worcester teacup and a saucer, circa 1765-70Decorated in the Giles workshop, with a plain loop handle, painted in two tones of green, black and gold with groups of pointed leaves growing from meandering gilt tendrils, some bearing groups of puce berries, saucer 12.3cm diam, cup with crossed swords and numeral 9 mark (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 2 November 2015, lot 114Gerald Moore CollectionA related design occurs on Bow and Chinese porcelain painted in London during the 1740s and early 1750s, a time when James Giles was working at Kentish Town. See also the similarly decorated Worcester 'Scratch Cross' coffee pot from the Zorensky Collection, sold by Bonhams on 23 February 2005, lot 20.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Worcester saucer dish, circa 1770The rich underglaze blue scale ground reserving rococo or mirror-shaped panels, painted in the Giles workshop with distinctive flower sprays and sprigs, framed with gold scrollwork, 18.8cm diam, square markFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Robyn RobbGerald Moore CollectionThe flower painting is undoubtedly by Giles, whereas the gilded pattern is typical of the Worcester factory. It is possible the Giles workshop was asked to make an addition or replacement for a slightly earlier factory decorated service.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1770Decorated in the Giles workshop with floral garlands forming a spiral, the cursive flowers including heartsease, roses and lilies, scattered insects in between, within gilt dentil rims, the entwined handle also picked out in gold, saucer 13cm diam, crossed swords and numeral 9 marks (2)Footnotes:ProvenancePhelps Collection, Christie's, 1 October 1984, lot 127Zorensky Collection, Bonhams, 16 March 2004, lot 259Gerald Moore CollectionWith this pattern, the Giles atelier has enlivened what could be a relatively structured design, creating a great sense of movement and freshness. The style of painting and vibrancy of the palette are copied directly from the very latest Meissen porcelain made during the 'Academic' period and seen in London for the first time around 1770.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester leaf dish, circa 1770Crisply moulded as overlapping vine leaves forming a serrated edge, boldly painted in colours in the Giles workshop with a bouquet and scattered sprigs, the twig handle with limited gilding and a single puce tendril, 22cm longFootnotes:ProvenanceT Grant Dixon CollectionGerald Moore CollectionThe restrained use of gilding is unusual for the Giles workshop, and allows the serrated edges of the moulded leaves to speak for themselves.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester small plate, circa 1765-70Of attractive small size with a scalloped rim, painted in the Giles workshop in the 'Naturalistic' style with a spray of pink roses and buds and a smaller sprig of heartsease, the rim gilded, 15.5cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Metropolitan Museum, New YorkGerald Moore CollectionThis plate is one of just two similar plates recorded with this Naturalistic rose spray. The painting is apparently by the same hand as a pair of similar size included by Stephen Hanscombe in The Early James Giles exhibition catalogue (2008) as supplementary items, fig.160.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester coffee cup and saucer, circa 1770Decorated in the Giles workshop with the so-called 'Sheridan' pattern of generous flower sprays including divergent tulips, within brown line borders entwined with undulating leafy tendrils, gilt dentil rims, saucer 13cm diam, saucer with crossed swords and numeral 9 mark (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSir Jeremy Lever Collection, Bonhams, 7 March 2007, lot 219Gerald Moore CollectionThe playwright Richard Sheridan is recorded in the surviving accounts as a customer of the Giles workshop. His name has become associated with several versions of this design which was copied from contemporary Meissen decoration.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester saucer, circa 1770Decorated in the Giles workshop with the so-called 'Sheridan' pattern of a mixed flower spray, within a border of a brown line entwined with undulating leaves, below a gold dentil rim, 13cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Robyn RobbGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester dessert plate, a heart-shaped dish and a teacup, the porcelain circa 1770-75The plate with a Giles decorated neoclassical urn, the ozier moulded border with an added yellow ground, 20.2cm diam, the dish also with Giles decorated flowers on an added yellow ground, 26cm wide, the cup with 'Dry Blue' flowers also on an added yellow ground, 5cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceSir Bernard Eckstein (heart-shaped dish) Gerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Worcester teacup, circa 1770Decorated in the Giles workshop with three cursive floral garlands suspended from a scrolled purple scale border, edged in gold, the entwined handle also picked out with gilt dots, 5cm diam, crossed swords and numeral 9 markFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionInspired by Meissen, the Giles workshop used scale borders in a number of colourways. This shade of purple is particularly rare. A matching saucer dish is illustrated by Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles (1983), col. pl.23.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Worcester dessert plate, circa 1770From the 'Horner of Mells' service, decorated in the Giles workshop with sprays of fruit and flowers in two tones of green, the scalloped rim gilt, 21.4cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceStephen Hanscombe CollectionGerald Moore CollectionA very similar sprig of three pea pods, with the same tendril-like stems feature on a lozenge-shaped dish from the same service illustrated by Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles (1983), pl.5c. A set of this rare pattern belonged to Sir John Horner of Mells, believed to be the original 'Little Jack Horner' named in the nursery rhyme.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester yellow-ground coffee cup and saucer and a small mug, the porcelain circa 1770-80The fluted cup and saucer with shaped panels of formal coloured flowers reserved on an added bright yellow ground, the mug with a flower bouquet and also with an added yellow ground, 8.3cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionAlthough the signs of redecoration on these pieces are far from obvious, it is worth noting that a matching cup and saucer and a teapot, both in the Bowes Museum, were purchased by Lady Ludlow in 1926 and 1932.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester mug and a teacup and saucer, circa 1775-80With deep blue and gilt chain borders, the small cylindrical mug initialled on the front EHA in gold within a floral chaplet and flanked by further flower festoons, 9cm high, the fluted cup and saucer with a version of the 'Royal Marriage' pattern of floral knots, arrows and bows, saucer 13.5cm diam, crescent marks (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceCrane Collection, Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 302 (mug)Gerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teapot, cover and stand, circa 1770Of fluted form, the teapot with an ear-shaped handle, the low cover with an open flower finial, painted and gilt in Rich Japan style with the 'Jabberwocky' pattern, with elaborate turquoise scrolled borders, the hexagonal stand similarly decorated, teapot 12.5cm high, stand 14.7cm wide (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Worcester junket dish, circa 1770Of lobed form, the centre painted with three brightly coloured moths and a floral sprig within an underglaze blue and white floral band, the sides suspended with boldly painted floral garlands, alternating with narrow underglaze blue panels heightened and edged in gold, 26cm diam, square markFootnotes:ProvenanceMellor Cobham CollectionGerald Moore CollectionA similar dish from the H Rissik Marshall Collection, is in the Ashmolean Museum (inv. no.WA1957.24.1.3) and is illustrated by Franklin Barrett, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (1966), col. pl.D. Another example from the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection was sold by Bonhams on 7 March 2007, lot 100.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester spoon tray, circa 1775Of lobed, hexagonal shape, richly decorated with a version of the 'Hop Trellis' pattern, berried foliage between puce trelliswork bound by gilt ribbon, within turquoise caillouté and deep blue borders, gilt scrollwork below the dentil rim, 15.5cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Roderick JellicoeGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester dessert basket, circa 1770-75Of oval form, the rim pierced with interlocking circles, florets applied to the exterior junctions, decorated with the 'Earl Manvers' pattern, a puce diaper and gilt scroll border below the interior rim hung with berried garlands and purple scrolls, the centre with ripe berries within a gold feuille de choux border, the ropetwist handles with applied flower terminals, picked out in green, 17.5cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionA set of this pattern belonged to Charles Meadows, Duke of Kingston, who became Earl Manvers in 1806. Small variations in surviving examples suggest that several dessert services of Earl Manvers pattern were produced at Worcester. The pattern was a favourite of C W Dyson Perrins, who encouraged Royal Worcester to reissue the design in the 20th century.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester spoon tray, circa 1775Of lobed hexagonal form, richly decorated with the 'Holly Berry' pattern, panels of purple plants alternating with berried foliage between borders of lilac and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a turquoise ground, 15.5cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceF Severne Mackenna CollectionGerald Moore CollectionIllustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Worcester Porcelain (1950), pl.39, no.80. This striking design is a member of the 'Hop Trellis' family of Worcester patterns inspired by Sèvres. See lot 337 in this sale for a teacup and saucer of similar design.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1775Of reeded French shape, richly decorated with the 'Holly Berry' pattern, panels of purple plants alternating with berried foliage between borders of lilac diaper and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a bright turquoise ground, with gilt dentil rims, the inside of the cup with further flowers and berried sprigs below a gold band, saucer 13.8cm diam, gilt crescent marks (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionThe purple diaper panels in the border are an unusual variation, differentiating the present lot from lot 336 in this sale. A coffee cup and saucer from the R David Butti Collection, also lacking the purple diaper, was sold by Bonhams, 10 May 2006, lot 83.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1775Of reeded French shape, painted with a version of the 'Hop Trellis' pattern with swags of berried foliage suspended between blue trelliswork bound by gilt ribbons, between elaborate pink diaper borders, with gilt rims, saucer 13.6cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup, coffee cup and saucer, circa 1775Of reeded French shape, finely decorated in Sèvres style with the 'Mignonette' pattern, garlands of pink flowers suspended from gilt scrollwork, a narrow band of bright green painted over pencilled basketwork, saucer 13.5cm diam (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionDuring the 1770s Worcester was heavily influenced by France and copied a number of blah Sèvres designs. Collectors have used popular names 'Mignonette', 'Holly Berry' and 'Hop Trellis' to refer to several patterns issued in different colourways. A teabowl similar to the present lot is illustrated by John Sandon and Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p.299, fig.367.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teacup, coffee cup and saucer, circa 1770-75Of reeded French shape, richly decorated in Sèvres style with berried foliage suspended from gilt scrollwork with a puce herringbone border, saucer 12cm diam (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionSee lot 335 in this sale for an example of the closely related 'Earl Manvers' pattern.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester teabowl and saucer, the porcelain circa 1775Of French reeded shape, the original decoration of gold floral garlands tied by ribbon, later decorated with a Sèvres pattern including panels of pink diaper, saucer 13.8cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWeiss CollectionGerald Moore CollectionA matching sucrier and cover was exhibited by Albert Amor, James Giles China Painter exhibition catalogue (1977), no.81.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Worcester teabowl, circa 1775Decorated in Sèvres style with six gilt scroll-edged panels reserving flower sprigs and feather-like pink fronds, on a pink caillouté ground, with a gilt dentil rim, 7.6cm diamFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips, 8 March 1995, lot 263Zorensky Collection, Bonhams, 16 March 2004, lot 213Crane Collection, Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 308Gerald Moore CollectionThis decoration, although bearing some similarity to the 'Earl Manvers' pattern would appear to be unique.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester spoon or ladle, circa 1780The slender tapering handle with lightly moulded rococo ornament, the round bowl with an underglaze blue border and finely gilded flower spray within scrollwork, 16cm longFootnotes:ProvenanceRous Lench Collection, Christie's, 29 May 1990, lot 547Gerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester sucrier and cover, circa 1775The domed cover with an open flower finial, decorated in Sèvres style with a feuille de choux design in feathered blue enamel and gold, enclosing colourful flower sprays and linked by floral swags, all richly gilt, 12.8cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceZorensky Collection, Bonhams, 22 February 2006, lot 194Gerald Moore CollectionA matching teapot of this rare pattern is in the Bowes Museum, see Howard Coutts, The Lady Ludlow Collection (2007), p.208, no.193.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester sparrow beak jug, circa 1780-85With a grooved loop handle, painted with a large thorny pink rose, the reverse with a smaller pink floral sprig, a red crowsfoot border below the interior rim, 9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGerald Moore CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester footed bowl and cover, circa 1785-88The raised bowl and domed cover with elaborate entwined handles washed in pale green, leaves and flowers applied at the terminals picked out in gold, florals sprigs, buds and leaves painted in green camaieu, 20cm high, cover with incised 6 (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceZorensky CollectionRobert and Celia Morris CollectionGerald Moore CollectionThis may have served as a centrepiece for a supper set, although no full sets containing corresponding shapes have been recorded. The elaborate handles and knop were probably modelled by John Toulouse during his second spell at Worcester around 1785-88. A similar form printed in underglaze blue from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams on 23 February 2005, lot 374. Both examples exhibit a certain lean, perhaps explaining why there are few examples of this shape.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Liverpool (Richard Chaffers) coffee can and a Worcester coffee can, circa 1756-58Of attractive small size with grooved loop handles, the first painted in blue with two large flowering plants issuing from rockwork, including a chrysanthemum, separated by a pointed fence, 6.2cm high, the other painted in blue with the 'Prunus Fence' pattern (I.D.16), 6.1cm high, workman's mark beneath handle (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Roderick JellicoeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1775-80Of globular shape with a distinctive straight spout, the low domed cover with an open flower finial, painted in Chinese style with a cockerel and hen amongst their chicks in a fenced garden, red cell borders separating a gallery of finely dressed Chinese figures between red scrollwork around the shoulder of the teapot, 13.2cm high (2)Footnotes:A teabowl and saucer from the same service is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.29, pl.22. Another single teabowl was sold by Bonhams on 23 April 2008, lot 271. It seems likely that these pieces are from a single service copied from a Chinese original. For a Worcester coffee cup and saucer of related design featuring a gallery of Chinese figures, see lot 273 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester serving jugs, together with two Flight, Barr and Barr stands, circa 1810-20Of generous globular shape with cylindrical necks and angular handles, decorated in 'Rich Japan' style with the so-called 'Bird and Fence' pattern with a fanciful oriental garden scene including flowering rocks and a fence flanked by a pagoda and a bridge, the gilding characteristically bright, the two circular stands decorated with the same pattern, jugs 17cm high, stands 17.5cm diam, impressed crowned BFB and FBB marks (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester ice pail and cover, circa 1801-04Decorated with various gilded floral borders on white and 'Barr's Orange' bands, both sides reserved with the full arms of Somerville, including the motto CRAINS DIEU TANT QUE TU VIVERAS (fear God as long as you live), 28cm high, incised B marks and crowned script mark Flight & Barr Worcester Manufacturers to their Majesties (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet, of Somerville, County Meath (died 1831)Rt. Hon. Sir William Meredyth Somerville, 5th Baronet and 1st Baron Athlumney (1802-1873) and thence by descentLord and Lady Flight CollectionThis important service is believed to have been made to commemorate the marriage on October 1, 1801 of Sir Marcus Somerville to Mary Anne, only daughter of Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, Baronet of St. Katherine's Grove, County Dublin, Ireland. Sir Marcus was the MP for County Meath. A large portion of the service was sold by descendants at Christie's London, 23 January 1978, lot 1. Twenty pieces from the service, including two similar ice pails, were sold by Bonhams in Los Angeles, 27 February 2006, lot 5105.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A remarkable Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester egg cup stand and six egg cups, circa 1810The circular footed tray with a raised central ring handle, six circular holes each containing a single separate egg cup, colourfully decorated in an exotic Chinoiserie taste with birds in a fantasy garden, tray 22cm diam, egg cups 5cm high, impressed crowned BFB marks (7)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor a set of the same shape see John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.143.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Flight and Barr Worcester flowerpots and stands, circa 1800With painted topographical views, tapering beaker shape on separate spreading feet and with false ring handles, the 'Barr's Orange' ground gilt with diagonal chains and reserving large panels painted in sepia monochrome, one with a titled view of 'Capard House, Queens County Ireland, the seat of John Pigott Esq', the other untitled view of a house by a bridge, 17.2cm and 17.8cm high, one with incised B marks, the other with rare incised 'F & B' marks (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester cylindrical mug, circa 1780Elaborately decorated in the manner of the 'Lord Henry Thynne' or 'Dalhousie' services, the front panel painted with a ruined castle in a formal landscape, framed with a chain pattern on a turquoise ground and flanked by festoons of fruit suspended between underglaze blue and gilded borders, 12.4cm high, crescent markFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight Worcester beer jugs, circa 1795 and 1790With double ogee bodies and clip handles, one by Flight and Barr painted with the 'Worcester Hop' pattern, the green hops and leaves linked by gold sprigs, initialled on the front 'JEC', 20cm high, script mark Flight and Barr Worcester Manuf. to their Maj's, the earlier Flight jug with spiral fluting in rich blue and gold, the gilding including hops, 19.2cm high, unmarked (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Worcester 'Earl Manvers' plate, circa 1775In the Sèvres taste, painted with the distinctive 'Earl Manvers' pattern of berried leaves hung from purple and gold scrollwork within a border of puce diaper panels and further foliage, the centre with a spray of puce berries, 21.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor a basket of 'Earl Manvers' pattern see lot 335 in this sale. A similar plate is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.228.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight Worcester toy coffee pot and cover and a toy teapot and cover, circa 1790-95The miniature coffee pot of baluster shape painted with scattered cornflowers and gold lines, 12cm high, the toy or miniature teapot of barrel shape, bat-printed in brown with butterflies and moths between gilded sprigs, 10cm high, both unmarked except for an incised cross (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight Worcester cream jug and a teapot and cover, circa 1785-90Both decorated with 'Rich Kakiemon' flower panels including wheatsheaves, framed with rococo gilding on a blue scale ground, the lobed oval jug originally from a déjeuner, 10cm high, crescent mark, the conical teapot of large size, 15.5cm high, unmarked (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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