Lot 160 , A rare early Worcester lobed baluster vase, c.1753-5, 6.25in., restored (3)
A rare early Worcester lobed baluster vase, c.1753-5, painted with a version of the Banded Hedge pattern with a bird amid prunus, bamboo and pine in more muted colours, 7.6in., damaged and restuck, together with a Worcester polychrome globular teapot, painted c.1753-8, painted with peacocks to each side in a landscape, height 4.25in., lacking cover and a Longton Hall rococo vase, c.1755, painted in polychrome enamels with floral sprays and pink borders, 6.25in., restored (3)
Estimate £120-180
The lobed baluster shaped vase has been broken into several sections and messily re-glued with some splinter losses and a hole on one side around the area, some black speckling to the glaze all over, the teapot in the lot has some scratching to the glaze on the interior and exterior and a slight glaze chip / loss on the end of the spout, some black speckling in places and also lacking its cover
Longton Hall vase has been completely restored around the neck and around areas of the shoulder with a loss to one of the flowers and there is a crack extending across the whole of the base and up into the foot on each side.
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Sold for £1,000