An unusual English porcelain honeypot and cover, circa 1820, possibly Worcester, of engine-turned form, painted with small red sprigs alternating with concentric gilt bands, unmarked, 13cm diameter overall, 10cm high

Several English porcelain manufactories created honey pots in the form of beehives during this period, preceded by earlier creamware examples by Wedgwood, circa 1770-75. Barr, Flight, Barr, Chamberlain's Worcester and Coalport recorded shapes seemingly do not match this example's shape. A matching shape was sold as part of a group lot at Peter Wilson's auctions, lot 805, 8th July 2008, with some other items, but, frustratingly, it did not reference if there was a factory mark or include an attribution. This item features a label attributed to Coalport on the base.

Condition Report

Finial possibly re-attached, with gilt wear to knop. There is a chip to the underside interior of the cover and a couple of further small nibbles. Some glaze imperfections to the interior of the pot and further minor gilt wear to the inner rim of the pot. Some very good restoration to a presumed chip to a section of the fixed stand, with an area of retouching covering two gilt leaves and a stem of three red buds.

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