Lot 180 An exceptional Worcester potting pot, circa 1752-53
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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An exceptional Worcester potting pot, circa 1752-53
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GBP 6,000
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Of spreading oval shape with twelve vertical flutes, crisply moulded with a slightly different rococo cartouche on both sides, further rococo ornament at each end, brightly enamelled in famille verte style with chinoiserie riverscapes, one panel with a sampan in sail and a pagoda on an island to the right, the other with a sampan and a 'strutting' bird on an island to the left, the interior with a flowering branch, a flowerhead and green diaper panelled border below the rim, 18.2cm wide
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 1 May 2018, lot 238
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol. 3, 2022, p. 369
This rare and highly sophisticated shape was without precedent in the early years of Worcester's porcelain production and probably produced for around a year or so before being replaced by plainer fluted forms. Only a small number survive as production was fraught with challenges, the form being prone to splitting and cracking in the kiln. The exterior moulding is mirrored by similar indentations inside, suggesting that these may have been manufactured by slip-casting rather than press-moulding.
An example with similar decoration was exhibited by Simon Spero in 2007, no. 3 and another by Albert Amor, , 1985, no. 3 and , 2001, no. 2. See also the pair in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. nos. and C.608A-1935) and illustrated by Franklin Barrett, , 1953, pl. 4b. A pair from the Klepser Collection is illustrated by Simon Spero, , 1984, p. 24, no. 6 and col. pl. 6, an example from the A J Smith Collection by Simon Spero, , 2006, p. 156, no. 68.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 1 May 2018, lot 238
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol. 3, 2022, p. 369
This rare and highly sophisticated shape was without precedent in the early years of Worcester's porcelain production and probably produced for around a year or so before being replaced by plainer fluted forms. Only a small number survive as production was fraught with challenges, the form being prone to splitting and cracking in the kiln. The exterior moulding is mirrored by similar indentations inside, suggesting that these may have been manufactured by slip-casting rather than press-moulding.
An example with similar decoration was exhibited by Simon Spero in 2007, no. 3 and another by Albert Amor, , 1985, no. 3 and , 2001, no. 2. See also the pair in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. nos. and C.608A-1935) and illustrated by Franklin Barrett, , 1953, pl. 4b. A pair from the Klepser Collection is illustrated by Simon Spero, , 1984, p. 24, no. 6 and col. pl. 6, an example from the A J Smith Collection by Simon Spero, , 2006, p. 156, no. 68.
