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A Kerr & Binns Worcester…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
25-Mar-2024
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Description:
A Kerr & Binns Worcester porcelain handled plate, dated 1857, the decoration by Josiah Rushton, circular with a pair of upturned loop handles extending from beneath the raised sides, white ground with gilt borders, the centre plain, the border decorated with scrolling foliage between opposed gilt-framed portraits of Raphael and van Dyck to the front and rear and smaller gilt-framed classical masks to the sides, signed by Rushton with conjoined initials underside within the printed red shield factory mark, 28 cm wide across the handles. Provenance: Charles Wentworth Wass (1822-1905), according to the fragmentary note to him from Richard William Binns pasted to the underside. Other notes: Binns's letter preserved in three fragments to the underside, dated 6 July, 1897 from Diglis house, Worcester, reads 'Dear Mr Wass, the patera you allude to was painted by Josiah Rushton a pupil / of Bott's and a charming figure painter / he left US many years ago to take / up portrait painting in oils., I remain / yours faithfully / Rw Binns', Charles Wass, an engraver and Art dealer, was a keen collector of fine porcelain with particular interest in collecting specimens from important and notable services. As with the present lot, he preserved details of provenance and related information with labels stuck to undersides.. Condition: minor gilding loss in places, very small loss on one portrait reserve and minor scratches
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Category:
Ceramics: Zother - 19th Century British