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A Worcester 'Blind Earl' Small Two-Handled Spoon Tray, Circa 1770
of lobed oval shape with 'Blind Earl' molding, painted, in the London atelier of James Giles, with scattered small flower sprays and sprigs, the stems picked out in green and yellow.
Width 6 1/2 in.
16 cm
Provenance
Jeanne and Milton Zorensky Collection, England, no. T33, bearing label;
Bonhams London, February 22, 2005, lot 231;
Robyn Robb, London, bearing label
Literature
Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, Woodbridge 1996, p. 336, cat. no. 418
Robyn Robb, Fine 18th Century English Porcelain, exh. cat., London, 2005, p. 11, cat. no. 11
Catalogue note
Robb, in her exhibition catalogue wrote that this spoon tray appeared to be the only example of a 'Blind Earl' spoon tray known decorated in the James Giles atelier.
of lobed oval shape with 'Blind Earl' molding, painted, in the London atelier of James Giles, with scattered small flower sprays and sprigs, the stems picked out in green and yellow.
Width 6 1/2 in.
16 cm
Provenance
Jeanne and Milton Zorensky Collection, England, no. T33, bearing label;
Bonhams London, February 22, 2005, lot 231;
Robyn Robb, London, bearing label
Literature
Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, Woodbridge 1996, p. 336, cat. no. 418
Robyn Robb, Fine 18th Century English Porcelain, exh. cat., London, 2005, p. 11, cat. no. 11
Catalogue note
Robb, in her exhibition catalogue wrote that this spoon tray appeared to be the only example of a 'Blind Earl' spoon tray known decorated in the James Giles atelier.
A Taste of Rococo: Porcelain from an American Private Collection
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