A Worcester sauce tureen and cover

Provenance:
English Private Collection 

A Worcester oval sauce tureen and cover, with two shell shaped handles and fruit know, finely decorated in Chinese famille verte palette with the Brocade pattern, within gilt borders, 6 3/4" wide, circa 1772, gilt crescent mark

The Brocade patten is one of the few Worcester patterns where the crescent mark is found in gilt - an indication of the costly decoration at the time of manufacture

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