A Worcester yellow-ground cabbage leaf mask jug, circa 1768

of typical moulded form with a bearded mask spout and ring handle, transfer printed and colour filled with 'Milkmaids', 'Rural Lovers', and 'Milking Scene', within puce scrollwork borders, surrounded by moths and insects, reserved on a yellow ground with a band of flowers at the shoulder, the rim with stiff leaf tips,

In overall generally good condition and appearance. There is an extended firing crack around the top of the handle ring.
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Yellow ground mask jugs of this type were included in the well known collections of Zorka Hodgson, the Zorenskys, and the Crane collection; a jug of this larger size was in the Jeremy Leaver collection, sold Bonhams London, 7th March 2007, lot 108.