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Worcester
(England 1751–2009)
- Title
- Teapot and cover
- Year
- circa 1765-1770
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
-
pot 9.0 x 16.3 x 9.9 cm; cover 4.0 x 6.5 cm diam; combined height 12.2 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.147.a-b
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The ‘eloping bride’ pattern, in use at Worcester 1765–70, is based on Chinese prototypes simplified by the omission of background details. The mark is also copied from Chinese examples.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 87 (colour illus.). cat.no. 104
