A group of English or Continental ' Aesthetic Movement' wares last quarter 19th century

comprising: a Royal Worcester bamboo-molded biscuit jar and cover, two Royal Worcester triangular jugs transfer-printed with various Chinoiserie motifs, an English earthenware green-ground large jug reserved with gilt and platinum bird panels, a Continental porcelain sugar bowl and cover and milk jug decorated in raised gilding with leafy flower sprays and a Continental white opaline glass vase painted with two blue tits perched upon a blossoming branch, printed crowned circular Royal Worcester marks, the biscuit jar and cover with date letter Z for 1888, the larger jug with S for 1881 and the smaller jug with V for 1884, the green-ground jug impressed with an indistinct English registry mark. 9 pieces.

Large green-ground jug: A fine starcrack to the base ; a minor 1/4-inch chip to the foot and a a 1/2-2 inch starcrack to the lower body. Large Worcester jug: Wear to gilding of rim and foot. Smaller Worcester jug: Minor wear to the gilding of foot. Biscuit jar: Minor wear to gilding of the rim edge of jar and cover. Glass vase: Two minor pinhead chips to foot.
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