Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
A Chamberlain Worcester Tomato Red-Ground Topographical Vase, Circa 1825
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 31, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Chamberlain Worcester Tomato Red-Ground Topographical Vase, Circa 1825
of classical form, the shoulder affixed with dolphin-form handles, upon a square foot, painted with a west view of the City of Worcester, showing the River Severn before St. Peter's (now demolished), Glover's needle of St Andrews and Worcester Cathedral, reserved on a tomato red-ground embellished by white flowerheads and elaborate gilt-scrollwork, script title and marks in iron-red
height 13 1/2 in.
34.3 cm
Mercury Antiques, London, 6 June 1997
A matt blue-ground vase of this form painted with a view of St. Paul's from the River Thames, formerly sold at Sotheby's is illustrated in Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852, London 1982, p. 301, no. 395.