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A rare and fine Worcester…
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Melbourne
Date:
20-Feb-2024
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A rare and fine Worcester Royal-blue scale ground and gilt ovoid teapot and cover, painted in The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Pattern?, version no. 7, in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds and flowers in reserved panels. English circa 1770, underglaze blue open crescent mark, double stem handle. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 09/01/1996 (8750 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 129. Reference: Gerald Coke 'In Search of James Giles'. p.164. Anne George when writing to Robert Burke notes that this teapot is both rare and very fine and that the she could only find two recordings of the moulded spout. One on a 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. and she comments on the extraordinary bird in flight panel on the base of the spout. A related example with a different spout in this collection lot no 98, 17 cm high, 19.5 cm wide across the handle and spout, base diameter 6.5 cm
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Ceramics: Worcester