A Worcester yellow-ground cabbage leaf mask jug, circa 1760

of typical moulded form with a bearded mask spout and ring handle, painted with three puce monochrome cartouches of chinoiserie landscapes in quatrefoil frames, surrounded by sprays of indianische Blumen, reserved on a yellow ground with a band of half-flowerheads at the shoulder, the rim with stiff leaf tips,

A section of the ring handle with large chip.
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A similar jug though smaller, was in the Crane collection, sold Bonham's London, 31st March 2010, lot 183.