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Harry Davis (Royal Worcester) a magnificent important pair of…
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Melbourne
Date:
13-Nov-2022
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Harry Davis (Royal Worcester) a magnificent important pair of urn shaped covered vases a magnificent important pair of urn shaped covered vases moulded with acanthus leaf and raised on pedestals supported on square plinths. The entwined handles modelled with florets, each superbly painted with landscape scenes after Claude Lorraine. The gilding displays the finest example of the master craftsmen skills.(Illustrated in the book Royal Worcester porcelain by Henry Sandon, Plate 135). These vases were used by the Royal Worcester factory to exhibit the finest example of their work (and unusually displayed the different gilding available for the foot) and also on loan and exhibited in later years in the Royal Worcester Dyson Perrins Museum Worcester, shape no. 2340 C 1940 height 39 cm, width 26.5 cm, (10 1/2 cm) signed H Davis. Provenance: Wales collection, featured on catalogue front cover.
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Ceramics: Royal Worcester