Worcester blue-scale teapot with exotic birds and insects decoration

A fine Worcester blue-scale ovoid teapot and cover, decorated…
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A fine Worcester blue-scale ovoid teapot and cover, decorated in the 'Lady Mary Wortley Montagu' pattern, version no. 7, painted in the the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds and insects in panels. English circa 1770, underglaze blue W script mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection. Reference: The Parkinson collection, Sotheby's London 29 March 1966 lot 57 for a virtually identical teapot. Also: Ralph Hobson, Worcester Porcelain, pl. XCIV no.1, REFERENCE, Gerald Coke 'In Search of James Giles'. pg.164. Also the tea-pot in the Dyson Perrins Museum illus. Marshall pl.8, no.141. (but with different handle and cover) and in the same book a pot of identical shape pl.39, no.831. A similar example with a different spout in this collection lot no 200, 17 cm high 20 cm wide across the handle and spout

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Atelier - Atelier (French for "workshop"), in English usuage describes the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where the artist and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked together producing pieces that went out in the artists name. This was the standard practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century
  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.

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