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Click here to subscribeAn early Worcester blue and white coffee cup c.1753, the fluted form painted with the Prunus Branch Bird pattern, a similar rare fluted saucer with floral sprays akin to the Inverted Floral pattern, and a strap-moulded coffee cup painted with the Fisherman and Willow pattern, workman's marks, 12cm max. (3) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. The first coffee cup with paper labels for the Zorensky Collection and the Watney Collection.
A group of Worcester blue and white teawares c.1765-80, including a matched trio in the Fisherman pattern, a teabowl and saucer in the Fence pattern, a Fence pattern teacup, and two saucers, two teabowls and two coffee cups printed with pagoda landscape scenes, hatched crescent and disguised numerals marks, 13cm max. (12) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire.
A rare Worcester blue and white mug c.1765, the straight-sided form printed to two sides with the second version of the Cabbage Rose Sprays pattern, 8.5cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. The Zorensky Collection, no. Y.805. Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, IIC.12A, which describes at the time of publication just one other recorded example of this version.
A large Worcester blue and white coffee cup c.1775, printed with the Forked Willow pattern, the weeping tree above an ornamental fence and flowering peony and chrysanthemum, beneath a wide cell diaper border, 6.5cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Watney Collection.
An early Worcester blue and white teabowl c.1753, the finely potted flared shape painted with the Willow Root pattern, a solo Chinese figure standing beside a triangular fence and holding a scroll, workman's mark, two short rim cracks, 7.1cm dia. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Watney Collection. Willow Root pattern was one of the earliest set patterns adopted by the factory and varied depending on the shape of the object it decorated.
A rare Worcester blue and white coffee can c.1768-70, painted with two love birds perched on a branch of flowering prunus above peony branches and rockwork, the handle with small comma details around, a small chip to the inside rim, 6.2cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Bonhams, The Zorensky Collection of Worcester Porcelain Part II, 23rd February 2005, lot 336. Philips, The Watney Collection, Part I, 22nd September 1999, lot 174. The decoration on this can is believed to be unique and it is possible it was produced to match or replace a Chinese example.
A Worcester blue and white trio c.1775, comprising a coffee cup, teabowl and saucer, printed with the European Landscape pattern, with figures in extensive country landscapes including a windmill and other buildings, hatched crescent marks, 12cm. (3) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire.
A Worcester blue and white trio c.1758, comprising a coffee cup, teabowl and saucer, printed with the Creeper pattern, a tall trailing flower spray above peony and rockwork, hatched crescent mark to the teabowl, 12cm. (3) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. The teabowl and saucer with paper labels for the Thistle Collection.
A Worcester teabowl and saucer c.1775-85, the generous forms printed with the Classical Ruins Teawares Group, two scholars beneath ruined columns and statuary within a wide formal border, hatched crescent marks, 13cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Thistle Collection.
A Worcester blue and white associated trio c.1760, comprising a coffee cup, teabowl and saucer, painted with the Walk in the Garden pattern, a Chinese lady accompanied by a young boy carrying a bird on a stick, open crescent and workman's marks, 11.7cm. (3) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. The teabowl and saucer with paper labels for the R & D M Burrows Collection.
A rare Worcester blue and white teabowl and saucer c.1785, of generous size, decorated in the Trellis Lily pattern with a formal arrangement of stylized blooms within panels, open crescent marks, 12.3cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. The Zorensky Collection, No. Y.623. The Trellis Lily pattern bears a strong resemblance to the Royal Lily, but is complete in itself without the gilding. Very few examples are recorded.
A large and rare Worcester coffee cup c.1760, painted with the Solid Fence Pavilion pattern, a zigzag fence leading to a tall pavilion beneath a gnarled pine tree, the interior with a narrow trellis border, open crescent mark, 7.3cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Zorensky Collection, No. Y57. Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Blue and White Worcester Porcelain, No. I.D.10, where they discuss the possibility that this pattern and shape derived from a Longton Hall precedent.
A rare Worcester blue and white teabowl c.1758, painted with the Diagonal Rock Island pattern, a Chinese figure standing with his back to a small hut beside a slanted rock and pine tree, the interior with a formal scroll border, workman's mark, 7.8cm dia. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire.
A rare Worcester blue and white saucer c.1758-60, painted with the Anemone pattern, a single bloom within a wide floral moulded band, within a lambrequin border, workman's mark, 11.8cm. Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Thistle Collection, K8. This design is a rare variation on the Chrysanthemum pattern which bears the same moulding and border design.
A documentary Worcester blue and white mug dated 1776, the baluster form painted with the Gilliflower and Narcissus sprays, flanking the inscription 'Samuel Allen, Banbury, 1776, gilt rim, open crescent mark, 12.8cm. A Samuel Allen is on the county registers in Banbury in 1766 as a mercer, and in 1781, listed as a Brandy Merchant. The Banbury directory of 1784 records him as a distiller.
A very rare Worcester blue and white mug c.1760-65, the slightly tapering form printed with la Dame Chinoise design, an attendant holding a tall parasol over the head of a Chinese lady with another attendant beside, flanked by a tall vase of flowers and a gnarled willow tree, cracked, 12.2cm. This pattern appears at Worcester in overglaze enamels (see Cyril Cook, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, no.26) and is known on Derby and Bow porcelain. However, this appears to be the only recorded example of the pattern in underglaze blue at Worcester.
A rare Worcester blue and white guglet c.1760-65, the pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck with bulbous knop and flared rim, painted with the Arabesque Panel Landscapes pattern, with shaped panels of Chinese figures in island settings reserved on a powder blue ground, blue square seal mark and open crescent mark, some damages, 29cm. Provenance: The Godden Reference Collection W19; The Zorensky Collection Y.614; J W Goldsmith Collection. Illustrated: Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, I.B.25, at which point it was the only recorded example of this pattern.
A Worcester blue and white porter mug c.1780, printed with the Parrot Pecking Fruit pattern between sprays of gooseberries and currants and with a cell diaper border, disguised numerals mark, a preserve pot and cover printed with the Fence pattern, and a hot water jug and cover printed with the Three Flowers pattern, hatched crescent marks, minor faults, 14cm max. (5) The mug with a paper label for the Alexander Isaacs Collection, Manchester.
A tall Worcester blue and white mug c.1780, the cylindrical form printed with Man Holding a Gun and Man Shooting a Gun, each hunter in a rural landscape and accompanied by a hound, fluted strap handle, hatched crescent mark, 14.3cm. These shooting prints appear to be confined to cylindrical mugs of varying size, but the more common Man Shooting Gun print is usually seen alongside a print of a man aiming a gun, while the second print on this example is far less common.
A Worcester blue and white sweetmeat stand or salt c.1765, formed with three shell dishes raised on a shell-encrusted rocky base and formed around a central upright whelk shell, the dishes painted with the Sweetmeat Stand Rose pattern, a repair to one dish, 19.2cm across. Paper label for the Wildish Collection.
A Worcester plate c.1770, decorated with a Hop Trellis pattern of vertical berried swags alternating with puce and gilt trellis work between blue bands, and a later Worcester soup plate enamelled with the Dragons in Compartments pattern, 24.4cm max. (2) Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter. The plate with a paper label for the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection.
A Worcester part tea service c.1765-75, painted with panels of flowers and banded hedges in the Kakiemon palette, reserved within gilt rococo panels on a blue scale ground, open crescent and square seal marks. Comprising: a teapot and cover, a milk jug, a slop bowl, a cake plate, a coffee cup, a teacup and two saucers. (9) Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter.
A Chelsea oval dish from the Duke of Cambridge service c.1763-65, boldly decorated to the well with sprays of fruit and large leaves, the rim with panels of colourful moths and other flying insects within turquoise and gilt scrolls, restored, 39.3cm. Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter. Whilst the provenance of this service is often attributed to Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, it is more likely that it was made for his uncle, William Henry, Duke of Gloucester who commissioned a service of the same design from Worcester.
A pair of Worcester double leaf dishes c.1765, each formed of two crossed long cos leaves, painted with polychrome flower sprays and small scattered sprigs, the central leaf veins detailed in pale puce, a section of one broken and restuck, 26.3cm. (2) Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter.
A Worcester Blind Earl dish c.1765-70, printed and coloured with a figure fishing the river beside a large water mill, the dish traditionally moulded with rose buds and leaves, 15.5cm. Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter. The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, Bonhams, 7th March 2007, lot 228.
A Worcester blue and white dish c.1765, the kidney shape printed with the Gilliflower pattern, hatched crescent mark, a coffee cup printed in the Three Flowers pattern, and a polychrome teabowl painted in the Hibiscus pattern, some damages and restoration, 29.2cm max. (3) Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter.
A Royal Worcester part dessert service date codes for 1925, painted by Horace Price with different fruit scenes including peaches, grapes, pears, blackberries and plums, on a woodland floor, signed 'H H Price', and a part coffee service dated 1928 with similar decoration by artists including George Moseley, H Everett, W H Austin and Harry Ayrton. Comprising: two oval dishes, two square dishes, two circular dishes, 11 plates, eight coffee cups, eight saucers, and a similar match pot. (34)
Two large English porcelain hunting jugs c.1810-20, one Grainger's Worcester and painted with panels of horse riders and dogs hunting game, reserved on a blue ground with gilt foliate scrolls, the other possibly Coalport and painted with a continuous scene of a fox hunt, some faux marble decoration to the interiors, some restoration, 34cm max. (2)
A large Barr Flight and Barr (Worcester) square bowl c.1800, painted in purple monochrome with leafy flower sprays, a Flight, Barr and Barr dessert dish, the oval form painted in purple and gilt with Oriental flower sprays, and a Flight sugar basin painted with a band of grapevine, impressed marks, 29.8cm max. (3)
A pair of Coalport cups with covers and stands c.1805, painted perhaps by William Billingsley, in the Worcester manner with panels of flowers reserved within gilt borders on a blue scale ground, the cup handles formed as curled serpents, 15.2cm. (6) Cf. W D John, Billingsley, col. pl. 8 for a dish from a service in this pattern, which was decorated by Billingsley.
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