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Pair of Chamberlains Worcester Orange and Gilt Ground Bough Pots, c.1800
of flaring cylinder form with pierced covers, each painted in colours on one side with a large panel of ‘Cupid & Cephisa’
height 5.5 in — 14 cm
painted titles in gilt script
Estimate $1,500-$2,000
Realised: $12,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
Literature:
Geoffrey Godden illustrates a tumbler painted with one of the present subjects in Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain, 1788-1852, p. 176, pl. 220. Both subjects are based on contemporary prints from Montesquieu's 'Céphise et l'Amour' by Thomas Burke, after Angelica Kauffman
Provenance:
Estate of Joyce Mulock, Newmarket