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A group of Worcester items with decoration added at a later date the porcelain circa 1765-1770
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Porcelain
- coffee pot 24cm., 9½in. high
comprising a coffee pot and cover, the chrysanthemum moulding reserved on a yellow ground, a jug decorated with exotic birds reserved on a green ground, a teapot and cover with a pink scale border and scattered mixed flower sprays below, and a tea canister and cover also with a pink scale border, painted with a couple of young peasants dancing in a landscape,
Condition
Coffee pot and cover: typical minor chipping to rims of flower knop on cover
Jug: rubbing to gilding on handle and footrim
Teapot and cover: a couple of minute chips to rims of petals on flower knop on cover.Knop has been repaired, there is some very fine scratching to the glaze visible in raking light, and a some wear to the gilding on the handle.
Tea canister and cover: a couple of minute chips to rims of petals on flower knop on cover, the gilded inner rim of the canister has a very small shallow rim chip, and there are a couple of nicks to the sunken glazed rim.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The coffee pot and jug were both in the English Ceramics Circle exhibition 1948, nos. 443 and 432, plates 97 and 99. They were also, with the tea canister, exhibited in the Worcester Bi-Centenary Exhibition, 1951, nos. 646, 745 and 313