Pair of Quatrefoil Lobed Vases

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

About 1758-1760

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So-called "Fairyland Lustre" octagonal bowl, outside painted from the Woodland Elves VI series in "Fiddler in Tree": massive tree trunks with branches bearing large green leaves form arches under which fairies play. A fiddler is perched on a branch above leapfrogging elves. Painted in gold, purple, green and pale yellow. Inside painted in "Ship and Mermaid": Mottled pillars supporting ogee arches with a rose-backed grille reveal a type of mediaeval French chateau on a rocky shore and a collection of objects: a galleon in full sail, the head of a crocodile, a mermaid and a dovecote on a small island with two bat-winged figures seated back to back.
Oval self-shanked black basalt intaglio or cypher seal
Small, delicate egg cup in the form of a tulip with splayed foot highlighted in puce, stem highlighted in blue and the egg cup itself comprised of four yellow petals feathered in shades of brown, black and blue.
Free-form vase or pedestal by Anita