A Worcester 'Blind Earl' Small Two-Handled Spoon Tray, Circa 1770
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October 18, 02:33 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Worcester 'Blind Earl' Small Two-Handled Spoon Tray, Circa 1770
of lobed oval shape with 'Blind Earl' molding, painted, in the London atelier of James Giles, with scattered small flower sprays and sprigs, the stems picked out in green and yellow.
Width 6 1/2 in.
16 cm
Jeanne and Milton Zorensky Collection, England, no. T33, bearing label;
Bonhams London, February 22, 2005, lot 231;
Robyn Robb, London, bearing label
Bonhams London, February 22, 2005, lot 231;
Robyn Robb, London, bearing label
Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, Woodbridge 1996, p. 336, cat. no. 418
Robyn Robb, Fine 18th Century English Porcelain, exh. cat., London, 2005, p. 11, cat. no. 11
Robyn Robb, Fine 18th Century English Porcelain, exh. cat., London, 2005, p. 11, cat. no. 11
Robb, in her exhibition catalogue wrote that this spoon tray appeared to be the only example of a 'Blind Earl' spoon tray known decorated in the James Giles atelier.
