A Very Fine Worcester Porcelain Guglet Water Bottle with Pine Cone Group and Ripe Pomegranate Patterns c1780

Description

Heading : A very Fine Worcester Porcelain Guglet – Pine Cone Group and Ripe Pomegranate patterns
Date : 1770-1785
Period : George III
Marks : Worcester shaded crescent mark to base
Origin : Worcester; England
Colour : Underglaze blue
Pattern : A combination of two popular patterns. often used as a pair on the front and reverse of larger vessels
Condition : Excellent; no chips. cracks or flakes; a little glaze shrinkage around the foot rim and some dusty deposits under the glaze around the neck
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 25.8 cm high x 13cm diameter at widest point and 8.3cm diameter to foot rim
Weight : 700 grams

Eric Knowles Comments : Otherwise known as a water bottle. the name ‘guglet’ is derived from the same stem as ‘gargoyle’ and ‘gurgle’. which both – in turn – have common ancestry meaning both ‘throat’ and the noise of water being poured from. flowing through or being ‘gargled’ in an appropriate vessel or conduit ! 

References : 

Worcester Blue & White Porcelain 1751-1790  (Branyan. French & Sandon 1989) page 382/3

The Dictionary Of Worcester Porcelain 1751-1851  (John Sandon 1993) page 78