An assorted group of English pottery and porcelain, 18th/19th century, comprising a Worcester 'Three Flowers' circular butter tub with a matched 'Fence' cover, 8.5cm high; a Derby cos leaf sauceboat, 17cm long; an early Worcester 'Fisherman and Willow Pavillion' bowl with spiral moulding, Meissen style crossed swords mark, 11.5cm diameter; a Worcester sparrow beak milk jug, decorated with two panels of fancy birds against a wet blue ground, open crescent mark, 10cm high; a Caughley 'Fenced Garden' teabowl, 8cm diameter; a Worcester 'Three Flowers and Butterfly' tea bowl and saucer, hatched crescent mark, bowl 7.9cm diameter; a Philip Christian (Liverpool) polychrome slop bowl, 19.5cm diameter, a pearlware sauceboat, 19cm long; together with a Chinese bowl, pearlware bowl etc (mixed group) (a.f)
Sold for £80
Condition Report
Butter tub - large body crack, firing cracks to leaves on matched cover
Derby cos leaf sauceboat - Extensive old restoration which has now yellowed
Fisherman and Willow Pavillion - Variously broken and repaired
Worcester exotic birds jug - Crack near handle
Caughley 'Fenced Garden' tea bowl - cracked
'Three Flowers' - Some scratches to interior but otherwise good condition. Saucer heavily scratched.
Christian bowl - Crack descending from rim, heavy rubbing to enamels
Pearlware bowl - variously broken and re-glued
Chinese bowl - badly worn, cracked
Pearlware sauceboat - spout chipped with associated hairlines
Remainder of unspecified items with some cracks, repairs and chips
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