A Worcester high-footed sauceboat - circa 1754

Crisply moulded with a lambrequin border, floral sprays and birds, the scroll-edged panels painted with a so-called 'Long Eliza' Chinese figure standing on the edge of a lake with willow trees and a pagoda on the distant shore, the inner rim with alternating precious objects and flower sprays, 23cm long (minor rim chips and wear) - Estimate: £700 - 1,000  - This lot has been withdrawn

A small Worcester coffee pot - circa 1753-55

Of 'Scratch Cross' type, the baluster body on a spreading foot, the 'S' shaped handle with a curled thumbrest, painted in famille rose enamels with Chinese figures including a lady and a boy with a playful dog, the reverse with a lady with a parrot on a stand, 11.2cm high (cover lacking, tip of spout reduced) - Estimate: £400 - 500  - Unsold.

Footnote: This pattern, seen on mugs, cider jugs and coffee pots, was painted by a number of different hands and was always executed with remarkable attention to detail

A rare Worcester saucer - circa 1753-55

Of octagonal form, painted in Chinese style with alternating flowering plants and vases, surrounding two moths in flight around a flowering prunus plant, 10.7cm diam, workman's mark in black enamel (some over-firing and wear to the enamels) - Sold for £380 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: See the Watney Collection, part 3, lot 957 for another example. The pattern is copied from Chinese porcelain of the Kangxi period and occurs on a range of octagonal shapes, both hand-painted and printed in outline

A Worcester octagonal coffee cup - circa 1753-55

With a scrolled handle, painted in colours with a 'Long Eliza' figure pointing to the left, flanked by vases, flowering plants and insects in flight, 5.4cm high, workman's mark in black enamel (minute rim chip) - Sold for £700 plus Premium and tax

Another Worcester octagonal cup - circa 1753-55

With a scrolled handle, also painted with a 'Long Eliza' figure standing between two Chinese vases, flowering plants and insects in flight, 5.8cm high, workman's mark of a cross in black enamel (handle broken and restored, rim chips also restored) - Sold for £320 plus Premium and tax

Two Worcester sauceboats - circa 1753-55

Both of high-footed shape, the handles with prominent thumbrests, one moulded with scrolls and scroll-edged panels, painted on both sides with a 'Long Eliza' figure in a landscape, the interior with alternating sacred objects and flowers at the rim, 19cm long (fine crack around pedestal foot), the other moulded with panels edged with flower sprays, painted in famille verte style with garden scenes, both including a large bird, the interior with a diaper border reserved with flowerhead panels, 16.6cm long (damage and repair to rim) (2) - Sold for £240 plus Premium and tax

Provenance: The McWilliams Collection, sold in these rooms, Bonhams 17 October 1991

Two Worcester cups - circa 1755-56

Both decorated with the 'Staghunt' pattern, one strap-fluted reserved with scrolled-edged panels, the double scroll handle with upper and lower thumbrests, a pencilled cloud border inside the rim, 6.1cm high (small rim chip and fine associated crack), the other feather-moulded with a c-scroll handle, the landscape panel edged with a lobed gilt line, a border of leaves and flowers in blue around the rim, 6cm high (fine cracks) (2) - Sold for £450 plus Premium and tax

Provenance of first cup: The McWilliams Collection, sold Bonhams 17 October 1991, lot 287

A rare Worcester saucer - circa 1756-58

With a six-lobed rim, the upper surface moulded into six triangular panels in 'envelope' style, a delicate border of stylised flowerheads moulded inside the rim, the centre pencilled in puce with two figures before a Chinese building, a sailing boat in the distance, 12.8cm diam (minute patches of wear to the enamels on the rim only) - Sold for £380 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: For a very similar teabowl and saucer in the A J Smith Collection see Simon Spero (2006), fig. 139. Another saucer in the Dyson Perrins collection is illustrated by Henry Sandon (1969), pl. 52

A Worcester mug - circa 1758

Cylindrical with a looped strap handle, painted in vivid colours with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern, comprising a landscape vignette with a portly man gesturing to a small boy at his feet, the reverse with a large trailing flower spray, 14.2cm high (cracked) - Sold for £400 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester saucer dish - circa 1756-58

Finely 'pencilled' in black with a Chinoiserie scene of a man standing within a garden holding a parasol, a bird perched upon his left hand, another bird in flight above, a pine tree and fence alongside, within a lambrequin scroll border, 21.5cm diam - Sold for £1,000 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: A similar saucer dish pencilled with this distinctive pattern is in Derby Museum, illustrated by Franklin Barrett (1963), pl. 34. Another from the Tuke collection was exhibited in the English Ceramic Circle Commemorative Exhibition, 1948, fig. 415. A further saucer dish with an additional figure beside the pine tree is in the A J Smith collection, illustrated by Simon Spero (2006), fig 137

A Worcester mug - circa 1756

Of cylindrical shape with a strap handle, painted with the 'Beckoning Chinaman' pattern, the reverse with a spray of flowers in Meissen style, 12cm high (broken and restuck) - Sold for £60 plus Premium and tax

Provenance: The McWilliams Collection sold in these rooms, Bonhams 17 October 1991, lot 233

A Worcester vase circa 1765

Of ovoid shape, painted with the 'Telephone Box' pattern of groups of colourfully dressed Chinese figures at various pursuits, panels of red leaves and tightly packed gilt scrollwork in between, 18.3cm high - Sold for £680 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester mask jug - circa 1770

Of pear shape with a scrolled handle, the mask of a bearded man carefully picked out in enamels, painted with elaborate Mandarin panels, a lady and a boy seated at a table with an attendant looking on, the sides with birds in branches in red and black, red scale panels above and below, 20.5cm high (crack around the upper handle terminal) - Sold for £1,800 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: A jug of the same pattern is illustrated by John Sandon (1993), p 91 and Henry Sandon (1969), pl 56

A Worcester plate - circa 1780-85

With an eight-lobed rim, richly decorated in colours with a Chinese lady seated beneath rockwork and flowering plants, attended by a boy who carries a bird perched on a dish, a zig-zag fence behind him, the underglaze blue foliate border highlighted in bright enamels and gold, 23.5cm wide (a few minute patches of wear) - Sold for £600 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: For a similar plate see the Zorensky Collection, part 1, lot 70

A Worcester saucer dish, coffee cup, teabowl and saucer - circa 1770

Each painted in Mandarin style with the 'Conjurer' pattern, with an elderly man in a turquoise robe presenting flower sprays to a distinguished gentleman seated at a table, a lady standing by his side, the rims with an arrowhead border in gold and red, the saucer dish 19.2cm diam (star-crack to base of saucer) (3) - Sold for £520 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1770

Of globular form with a loop handle, the cover with flower sprig finial, painted in the Mandarin style with two panels of figures, one with a boy in a window and a lady peeking around the corner, the other with a group of figures and a street vendor, flanked by red and black foliage, 14.5cm (the tip of spout restored, small chips to flower finial) (2) - Sold for £320 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1765-70

Of globular form with a loop handle, the cover with a flower sprig finial, painted in the Mandarin style with a mother holding a small boy beside a blossom tree and another child at play in a garden, the ground of gold scrollwork reserved with flower roundels, 15.5cm high (tiny chips to finial) (2) - Sold for £450 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1768-70

of globular form with a loop handle, the cover with a flower finial, painted in 'Gentleman's Mandarin' style with a group of three Chinese figures in a garden, reserved on a ground of closely packed gilt scrollwork containing panels of flowers in iron red and black, 13.8cm high (small chips to the tip of the spout, small losses to petals of finial, some wear to enamels) (2) - Sold for £280 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1766-70

Of globular form with a loop handle, the cover with pointed finial, painted with an oriental lady holding a branch herding two sheep in a landscape with rocks and trees, within gilt line rims, 15cm high (some light wear to enamels) (2) - Sold for £400 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1775

Of globular form with a loop handle, the cover with a flower sprig finial, painted in the Mandarin style with two vignettes of figures in a garden, with a lady seated on a tree trunk holding a flower sprig, a child at her side, another lady standing holding a flower vase with a pointing child below, within red 'crowsfoot' borders, 15.5cm high (minor overpainted chips to flower finial, chip to spout restored) (2) -
Sold for £300 plus Premium and tax

A Worcester teapot and cover - circa 1760-65

Globular, the domed cover with a flower finial, painted with the 'Pu Tai' pattern, comprising a Buddha-like figure seated by a large rock with two attendants nearby, one holding a ball, the other seated with a lotus flower, red and gold arrowhead borders at the rims, 13.5cm high (damage to tip of spout and knop) (2) - Sold for £320 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: Pu tai was a Buddhist monk, represented in 18th century Chinese art as Buddha himself.