Estimate

4.000 - 6.000

Session 1

16 December 2025

Hammer Price

Description

Of campana form, moulded with a scalloped upper rim, applied pearl border and two handles modelled as intertwined vine branches, the terminals formed as vine leaves in relief
Decorated against a pink ground with classical grisaille scenes, applied by bat printing, depicting the goddess Hebe, Trajan in combat, Idolatry and Hercules with Achelous
With gilt handles, moulded ornament and gilt borders
Set on square bases decorated with gilt marbling on a white ground
Covers with matching grisaille and pink-ground decoration, gilt borders and finials modelled as pinecones surrounded by moulded leaves
Complete with interior liners
Worcester, Barr, Flight & Barr, c. 1813
(one ice pail and its liner restored)

33x32x23 cm

Additional Information

This pair belongs to Worcester’s production during the Barr, Flight & Barr (1804–1813) and Flight, Barr & Barr (1813–1840) periods, regarded in the specialist literature, notably by Henry Sandon, as the technical apex of the manufactory.
The classical grisaille decoration, applied by bat printing, is characteristic of this phase and well suited to the precise transfer of neoclassical designs widely circulated in the early nineteenth century.
The raised “pearl” border is another distinctive feature, formed from small balls of clay applied individually by hand before glazing, creating the three-dimensional, refined effect associated with these productions.
Although this pair is unmarked, other examples with identical decoration are known stamped “BFB” and “FBB”, suggesting production around 1813, during the transition between the Barr, Flight & Barr and Flight, Barr & Barr periods.

Literature:
Sandon, Henry. Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783–1840. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1978.