The varieties of bodies used at Worcester from time to time make any generalisation obviously impossible. It is only by handling specimens that the true feeling of Worcester may become instinct in a collector.

SALE PRICES.

Worcester.£s.d.
Dish, circular, the centre painted with butterflies, the border with exotic birds in panels, and butterflies in medallions in borders of dark blue and gold, 10 in. diameter. Christie, February 4, 190254120
Cups and saucers, pair two-handled, with exotic birds and insects in medallions, in gilt foliage borders on dark blue scale ground. Christie, February 4, 19029060
Bowl, the exterior painted with exotic birds, flowering trees and insects in scroll panels, with gilt borders on dark blue scale-pattern ground, gilt, with foliage, the interior painted with birds on white ground; 11 in. diameter; square mark. Christie, May 2, 190215250
Plates, pair, painted with groups of flowers and fruit in the centre in rich crimson scroll-pattern borders gilt with flowers and foliage, 9 in. diameter. Christie, June 20, 190235140
Cup and saucer, two-handled, painted with birds and insects in shaped panels, on pale canary scale-pattern ground. Christie, July 9, 190222116
Dessert dish, centre, scale-blue ground, painted with exotic birds, foliage and flowers in white panels of unusual shape, and surrounded by festoons of flowers and lattice designs in chased gold, also painted with flowers in colours at back. From the service made for Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Sotheby, November 11, 190210100
Plates, pair, painted with festoons and sprays of flowers in panels with gilt scroll borders on dark blue scale-pattern ground. Christie, November 28, 190235140
Teapot and cover, scale-blue ground, painted in panels of exotic birds, square mark. Sotheby, May 4, 19033300
Dish, large circular, painted with exotic birds, branches and insects in scroll panels with gilt borders, 13 in. diameter, with dark blue scale-pattern ground. Christie, May 28, 1903132160
Jug, large, moulded with foliage in low relief, and bearded mask under the spout, and painted with exotic birds and foliage, butterflies and other insects in colours in two large and three smaller panels, in gilt scroll borders on a dark blue scale-pattern ground, pink flowers in panels on the neck 1114 in. high. Christie, May 8, 190314700
Jug, oviform, painted with birds and insects in scroll panels with gilt borders, 7 in. high. Christie, June 10, 190379160
Four old small modelled leaf Dishes, painted with flowers in the Chinese taste in blue, crescent mark, and four others. Puttick & Simpson, May 28, 1920220
Old Worcester teapot and cover painted with wheel pattern and gilt, 514 in. high, a saucer dish, a coffee cup and two saucers similar, all with square mark, and a saucer marked Flight and crescent. Puttick & Simpson, July 16, 1920990
Dessert service, by Flight, Barr and Barr, painted with named flowers on white ground, with gilt gadrooned edges, consisting of a pair of sugar-tureens and covers, a centre-dish on foot, ten shaped dishes and twenty-four plates. Christie, July 5, 19204200
Tea service, painted with flowers and foliage and dark blue panels, in the Oriental taste, consisting of a teapot, cover and stand, two cream-jugs, milk-jug, sugar-basin, two bowls, twelve coffee-cups, nineteen tea-cups, thirty-two saucers, two egg-cups, four circular dishes and eighteen plates. Christie, July 5, 192057150
Tea Service, painted with flowers in colours, in the Oriental taste, and dark blue bands, consisting of a teapot, cover and stand, sugar-basin and cover, cream-jug and cover, canister, bowl, two dishes, eight tea-cups, six coffee-cups, and nine saucers. Christie, July 5, 19207180
Plate, Powder-blue, Dr. Wall period, octagonal 9 in., with reserve panels in white with landscape and flowers. Having mark of crossed swords, together with imitation Chinese mark. Sotheby, May 17, 192015100
Set of covered Vases and two Beakers, Dr. Wall period, decorated with vermilion, green, and gilt; in Chinese style with flowers and fabulous bird. Shoulders of vase and rims of covers and beakers, fine turquoise ground vase, 1012 in., beakers 634 in. Sotheby, June 11, 19203500
Pair of Plates, Flight, Barr and Barr. Views of Barking Abbey and Melrose Abbey. Scroll borders of mazarin, blue, heavily gilt. Sotheby, June 11, 1920440
Vase, painted with birds in heart-shaped panels with gilt scroll borders on mottled dark blue ground, 934 in. high. Christie, July 20, 1920204150
Teapot and cover, painted with wheel pattern, 512 in. high, and two bowls, similar, 412 in. diameter, square mark. Puttick & Simpson, July 16, 19207176
Teacup, coffee-cup and saucer, of the same service, a cream-jug, a saucer dish, square marks, and a chamber candlestick, crescent mark7176
Pair of old square dishes, painted with groups of flowers in dark blue borders gilt with scrolls, 814 in. square. Christie, July 5, 19202540
Three Mugs, transfer-printed, with portraits of the King of Prussia and military trophies, by R. Hancock, 1757, 412 in. and 312 in. high. Christie, July 5, 192017170
Cylindrical Mug, transfer-printed, with a portrait of Shakespeare and Muses, 434 in. high; and a smaller ditto, with a portrait and figure of Fame. Christie, July 5, 192016160
Milk Jug and Cover, and a coffee-cup and saucer decorated with panels in pale blue, painted with fruit, with royal blue and gilt rims. W mark. Sotheby, May 17, 19202600
Plate, Powder-blue, Dr. Wall period, saucer-shaped, of Chinese form, decorated with exotic birds and insects, 714 in., square mark. Sotheby, May 17, 19201300
Teapot, fluted, with cover, painted with garlands of flowers, and with marbled turquoise and dark blue borders and gilt, crescent mark, 5 in. high. Puttick & Simpson, July 16, 192016100

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