Worcester Porcelain First Period Chinese Family Pattern Teapot and Stand c1770

Description

Heading : Worcester Porcelain First Period ‘Chinese Family’ Pattern Teapot and Stand c1770   
Date : 1770
Period : George III
Marks : Cursive Script W to base in underglaze blue
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour : Polychrome enamels and sparingly-used gilt highlights over a black. transfer-printed outline; further gilding with iron-red detail to the lip of the tea-pot lid. below the neck and to the inside of the rim on the stand
Pattern :Chinese Family
Features : The red and gold borders are not particularly scarce. but very striking nonetheless; Spero and Sandon. referenced below. note that the design – with and without the gold infill – is referred to as a ‘crowfoot’ pattern.
Condition : Excellent; no cracks. chips or significant scratches; there are the usual tiny nicks to the floral finial petals as should be expected. but the cover is otherwise flawless; the tea-pot has a few tiny inadvertent spots of blue and puce enamel. and a myriad of pinprick glaze bubbles inside the foot-string; there is a little gilt-loss to the border on the hexagonal stand. the body of which is a little less bright than the tea-pot itself; this and the difference of the green colour used on either piece. and some minute variations in the gilding detail. suggest that the two pieces may not be an original pair
Restoration : none
Dimensions : tea-pot 15.4 cm tall and 20.4 cm from rear of handle to tip of spout; base 2.1 cm high x 14.8 cm in diameter
Weight : 749 grams combined

Reference : Worcester Porcelain – The Zorensky Collection (Spero & Sandon. 1996) – various pages