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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
26-Mar-2024
Lot No.
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Description:
A Worcester porcelain pot pourri vase and a spill vase, the first circa 1860, decorated by Josiah Rushton, the other dated 1867, the pot pourri vase of covered bowl form on a tall stem with broad foot, white ground with coloured enamel and gilt decoration, the exterior of bowl with three classical portrait medallions each signed by Rushton with initials, the foot with conforming medallions of classical chimerae, printed factory mark to the underside of the cover, the cup-shaped spill vase on three paw feet decorated to the front with a gilt cartouche inscribed 'Presented to Mr C.D. Messiter Augt 20/67 Worcester' supported by a putto and surrounded by flowers, unmarked but a known Royal Worcester shape, the pot pourri vase 18 cm high, the spill vase 10.5 cm high. Condition: Restorations, losses, breaks glued back on lid
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Ceramics: Royal Worcester