A highly unusual Worcester mug, circa 1760-62

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A highly unusual Worcester mug, circa 1760-62 Of bell shape, with a grooved loop handle, painted with a large fruiting strawberry plant, flanked by colourful flower sprays and smaller scattered sprigs, 12.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance Zorensky Collection, Bonhams, 23 February 2005, lot 38 Gerald Moore Collection Strawberries appear on many pieces of the Duke of Gloucester service made at Worcester a decade after this mug. The present lot appears to be a rare example of fruit painting in this earlier period. The flower painting is also in an uncharacteristic palette. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A highly unusual Worcester mug, circa 1760-62

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