First Period Worcester Sucrier & Cover, Blue and White 'Fence
Pattern', Flower Finial, Blue 'Crescent' Mark, c1770
(p1094)
A delightful First Period Worcester sucrier and cover, decorated
in blue and white with the charming 'fence' pattern. This beautiful sucrier and
cover are of a pleasing shape and the lid is surmounted with a flower finial,
c1770 and is a very fine example of their high quality blue and white printed
decoration wares.
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The sucrier is made of fine porcelain and the bottom of the bowl is translucent
when held to strong light and shows the characteristic Worcester 'duck egg blue'
body.
The bowl of the sucrier has the fence pattern in blue around the
outer bowl. The 'Fence Pattern', as this pattern is known, was a popular one
at the Worcester factory and gets its name from the fence which appears in the
main print on the sucrier's bowl and cover. The fence is surrounded by pretty flowers and
foliage. This decoration is very crisp and beautifully detailed.
Around the other side of the sucrier's bowl is a further blue
printed decorative landscapes, between which fly two birds. The scene to the
left shows an exotic island complete with trees and a temple. The birds fly off
towards another landscape of trees and hills. All these printed blue decorations
are excellently applied and are very crisp and clear. The fine details of the
trees and the birds is remarkable.
Inside the rim of the bowl is a double blue line running around
the top.
The sucrier sit on a raised circular foot rim. There is a
Worcester blue crescent mark on the underside of the sucrier.
The cover of the sucrier is beautifully potted and is decorated
with the blue 'Fence' pattern. There is a charming rose flower finial to the
cover. The delicately formed rose flower with its clustered petals and stamens,
has a twisting stem terminating with a leaf on either side tying it to the
cover. There is a double blue line edging the rim of the cover.
This is a most charming First Period Worcester sucrier and cover,
delightfully decorated with the 'Fence Pattern' and would have been made at the
famous Worcester factory c1770. A remarkable and fine quality piece of early
Worcester porcelain for the connoisseur collector of Worcester or Eighteenth
century English porcelain.
A delightful First Period Worcester "Fence Pattern" sucrier
and cover, c1770
Size and Weight: (values are approximate)
Marks:
The bowl is marked with
the Worcester underglaze blue crescent mark. The blue crescent mark was
used at the Worcester factory c1755-90. This very fine sucrier and cover, printed with
under glaze blue 'Fence Pattern' would have been made at this factory c1770.
The sucrier and cover are in very good condition with no repairs or
restoration. There are only a very few minor 'nibble' chips to the flower finial
which really do not show. There is also some firing cracks across one of the leaves,
flower stem and the flower petals of the cover, these are
not damage but occurred at manufacture.
A fine quality rare piece of early Worcester porcelain for the
collector.
