A rare large Liverpool (Richard Chaffers) vase circa 1760

probably decorated in London, loosely painted with bold flower sprays, smaller sprigs and insects including a butterfly, a gilt line around the rim,

There is a little rubbing to gilt line around the rim and a few minor scratches to the enamels.
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The painting on this vase bears some resemblance to the decoration carried out in the London decorating shops on Chinese and Worcester blanks in the mid 18th century.  The disposition of the flowers and the flowers themselves echo pieces which have been attributed at times to the workshop of James Giles, although they occur on this piece in a much looser manner than that normally associated with Giles.  A teapot with similar flowers and colouring, described as 'probably Giles workshop- type B flowers', was exhibited at Stockspring Antiques, 2008; The Early James Giles and his Contemporary London Decorators, no. 57.  This teapot was formerly in the Zorensky Collection sold by Bonhams, part III, 22nd February 2006, lot 28, when it was suggested that the decoration was possibly by an unknown London decorator.  Another vase, probably the pair to this one, is in the Ashmolean Museum, see Coloured Worcester Porcelain by H. Rissik Marshall (1954), plate 43, no. 890.