David Foord-Brown Antiques

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A MOST SUPERB FLIGHT BARR & BARR WORCESTER PORCELAIN VASE, CIRCA 1807-13. DECORATED WITH SHAKESPEARE SCENES. Of Warwick vase form, painted with named scenes from Shakespeare’s “Pericles” & “The Tempest”, each round panel edged with raised multicoloured pearls, reserved on a deep blue ground, highlighted with gilded detail, with twisted stem & vine leaf gilt handles and a white pearl beaded waist, on a pedestal base with marbled gilding and with a formal border of anthemion and floral garlands within the rim. One named scene is from Pericles Act V Scene 1, Per’ “My dearest wife was like this maid” The other from The Tempest Act V scene 1, “Ariel & Prospero”. Fully marked Flight Barr & Barr Royal Porcelain Works London House 1 Coventry Street.

Origin: English

Circa:1807-13

Height: 6.75 in. (17 cm.) |

Price: £11,500

Stock Ref: A10946

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