PATRICIAN ANTIQUES : ANTIQUE WORCESTER PORCELAIN

The Worcester porcelain company was founded in 1751 by a group of local businessmen led by Dr. Wall, a physician. They aquired the rights to the Bristol soaprock formula from Lund together with his services for one year and a source of soaprock all of which got the factory off to a fast start. By 1752 product was already being shipped. The hybrid soaprock formula was highly resistant to thermal shock (unlike most English soft pastes of the period ) and it gained rapid acceptance for tea wares. They were the first to introduce transfer printing on porcelain. Both printed and hand decorated wares of very high quality were made and a few figures. Examples can be found in the collections of most major U.S. and British Museums. Some caution is required in attribution as similar marks have been used by Lowestoft, Caughley and by Sampson (Paris) and others.

See also Worester, blue and white ; Early 19th Century Worcester

All are First Period (Dr Wall) unless attributed to another maker.

Stock #	Item description	Date	Price
26394	SMALL TEAPOT, 3-1/4 inches high. Inverted pear shape with a faceted spout. Printed in black by Robert Hancock with "Gardener Grafting a Tree", the reverse with "L'Amour", signed with an anchor over"Worcester". For an almost identical larger teapot using both these prints see "18th century Transfer- printed Porcelain and Enmels, The Joseph M. Handley Collection" Unmarked. Cover now missing. Tiny chip to spout rim	1758-1762	$475.00
26396	COFFEE / CHOCOLATE CUP. 2-1/2 inches high. Painted in dry blue with floral spigs alternating with a curved vertical gold line. Reeded loop handle. Shallow chip to exterior of foot-rim Unmarked.	c.1770	$75.00
26435	CREAM JUG, 3-1/2 inches high. Sparrow beak form with a simple loop ribbed handle. Decorated with the "Old Japan Sprig with Starburst" in underglaze blue, iron red, pink and green. Unmarked With a sticker from Wynn A Sayman.	c.1770	$525.00
26397	TEACUP, height 2 inches, diameter 3-1/4 inches. Blue scale ground. The white vase shaped reserves decorated with Oriental flowers. Mark on base cursive "W"	c.1770	$255.00
40035	PLATE, 8-3/4 " diameter. Lobed rim . Decorated in a rich "Japan" palette with the "Best Queens" pattern, the four panels of flowers alternating with four deep blue bands each with gold foliage and a red mons. Mark; underglaze blue crescent With old labels from the Ball & the Lenhart collections. * light wear to gold in well.	1770-1775	$650.00
40030	SAUCER DISH, 7-1/2" diameter. Decorated in a rich "Japan" palette with the "Best Queens" pattern, the four panels of flowers alternating with four deep blue bands each with gold foliage and a red mons Mark; underglaze blue fretted seal. * light wear to gold	c. 1770	$450.00
33184	CUP & SAUCER. Cup 2-1/4" high, saucer 4-1/2" diameter. Bell shaped cup with wishbone handle. Narrow black border line. Black print "L'Amour" signed with initials for Robert Hancock and the Holdship's Anchor mark. MARK; None * restoration to section of saucer rim	c.1760	$750.00
25863	SUGAR BOX, 5-1/2"high, 5-1/2"long. Oval shape with molded shanked ribs, molded ring handles. Pattern #15, white ground with small purple and gold sprigs. Gold rim, handles and finial. FLIGHT. No mark. *Firing crack interior of lid.	1790	$275.00
25600	SMALL JUNKET DISH, molded with spiral flutes. White body with underglaze blue and overpainted gold design. FLIGHT. Mark; Underglaze blue crescent	c. 1790	$225.00
33192	LARGE JUNKET DISH, 2-1/8" high, 11-1/2" diameter. Shaped rim boded form. Scale blue ground with gilt scroll frames around the shaped white reserves decorated with muticolored flowers. MARK: Underglaze fretted square. * kiln ash on reverse.	c.1775	$2,950.00
33198	SMALL PLATE, 6-1/4"diameter. Shaped gilded rim. Scale blue ground with gilt scroll frames around the shaped white reserves decorated with muticolored flowers. Mark: Underglaze blue fretted square *Restoration to nick on rim.	c.1775	$775.00
33189 SOLD	PLATE, 7-1/2"diameter. Shaped gold dentil rim with deep blue ground & gilded scroll design; the white well decorated with a floral bouquet. From the Esperance Collection and Carter Collection sold by Marshall Field Chicago in 1946. Mark: Underglaze blue open crescent. *Kiln ash on reverse & minor rim chip restored.	1768-70	SOLD
40009 SOLD	HOT MILK JUG WITH LID. 4-1/2" high. Pear shaped with sparrow beak Decorated in poychrome enamels with sprays and a bouquet of flowers featuring a rose. The low domed lid with a bud finial. Plain handle.	c.1765	SOLD
40007 SOLD	TEAPOT & COVER, 6" high. Painted in underglaze blue in the uncommon two quail pattern and over-enameled with iron-red, sepia and gold. Loop handle. Low domed lid with bud finial and applied leaves. Mark; an open crescent in underglaze blue. *small chip to under edge of spout	1775-80	SOLD
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