Live Auction 7821The Barratt Collection - from Crowe Hall, Bath
A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED BOWL
Lot 237

A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED BOWL

CIRCA 1765-70

Closed16 December 2010

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GBP 1,187

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A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED BOWL
CIRCA 1765-70
The interior printed in black with a full-length portrait of Shakespeare leaning against books stacked on a plinth, the interior border with swags of fruit and flowers, the exterior printed with 'The Milkmaids' pattern and a vignette of a farming scene with a shepherd, within gilt line rim, slight scratching to interior
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter

S. Barratt Collection label no. 30.

Specialist note

The engraving of Shakespeare is taken from the Monument in Westminster Abbey by Peter Scheemakers in 1740 after a design by William Kent. The column which he leans against is carved with busts of Queen Elizabeth, Henry V and Richard III. The engraving is mainly used on mugs and tankards and is rarely seen on bowls. Similar examples are discussed in Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, Suffolk, 1996, p. 394, nos. 514 and 515.