A First period Worcester 'Cracked Ice' Ground pattern tankard, circa 1765. A First period Worcester 'Cracked Ice' Ground pattern tankard, circa 1765 of bell shape with loop handle, painted in underglaze blue and depicting an Oriental figure seated in landscape and a second figure to reverse standing by a table with a vase of flowers, all within cartouche and bordered by a blue flowerhead field, crescent mark 12 cm high. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd 'The Paul Zeisler Collection of English Blue and White Porcelain" 1986 Exhibition, no. 67 handwritten on accompanying label.