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A fine Worcester blue-scale…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Feb-2024
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A fine Worcester blue-scale ovoid teapot and cover, decorated in the 'Lady Mary Wortley Montagu' pattern, version no. 7, painted in the the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds and insects in panels. English circa 1770, underglaze blue W script mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection. Reference: The Parkinson collection, Sotheby's London 29 March 1966 lot 57 for a virtually identical teapot. Also: Ralph Hobson, Worcester Porcelain, pl. XCIV no.1, REFERENCE, Gerald Coke 'In Search of James Giles'. pg.164. Also the tea-pot in the Dyson Perrins Museum illus. Marshall pl.8, no.141. (but with different handle and cover) and in the same book a pot of identical shape pl.39, no.831. A similar example with a different spout in this collection lot no 200, 17 cm high 20 cm wide across the handle and spout
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Ceramics: Worcester