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31	Click image to enlarge	A very rare First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Sucrier Possibly decorated in the London Atelier of James Giles, of fluted circular form, the slightly domed cover with flower finial, beautifully painted with panels of tomato scarlet red Japan gilt with quilted hatched diaper alternating with panels of stylised flowering peonies and other oriental plants in tones of green, iron red and turquoise, beneath large reserved stylised Mons, the cover with similar decoration. Circa 1768 more>
32	Click image to enlarge	A very rare early Worcester Pencilled Bowl, delicately potted with beautifully everted rim, pencilled in black and grey enamel with a Chinese landscape showing a Mandarin’s fortified home with elaborate gatehouse, a billowing rock on one side and a sprouting willow and pagoda on the other, two figures engaged in animated conversation in the foreground, the interior with Chinese Ruyi border.   Circa 1755 more>
33	Click  image to enlarge	A Fine Early Worcester Coffee Cup, of delicate bell shape with everted rim and wishbone handle, pencilled in light purple and puce with a chinoiserie scene of figures at animated conversation within a Chinese landscape, one seated beside a covered ginger jar, the other leaning on a staff of office, before a pagoda and date palm, whilst a river landscape extends to the distance, the reverse with a spray of formal oriental flowers, the interior with alternating panels of peonies, other oriental flowers and scrollwork. Circa 1757 more>
34	Click image to enlarge	An extremely rare early Worcester Plate, of circular form with deep cavetto centre, decorated in the famille verte style, the centre painted with a bird perched within a flowering peony branch, surrounded by bamboo shoots, the border decorated with panels of green hatched diaper alternating with panels of stylised islands with birds in flight over pencilled fences, red line border. Circa 1752 more>
35	Click image to enlarge	An extremely rare early Worcester Coffee Cup and Saucer, painted in puce camaieu, with a peacock perched on a slender branch under the overhanging fronds of a larch tree, above the waters edge, before the distinct peaks of the Malvern Hills in the background where the stylised Malvern Abbey nestles, enclosed within puce rococo scrollwork, surrounded with sprigs and sprays of green rose buds and red flowering mimosa, within further puce scrollwork. Circa 1757 more>
36	Click image to enlarge	A fine First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Yellow Ground Mask Jug, of cabbage leaf moulded globular form with straight sided cylindrical neck, the lip of the jug moulded in the form of a bearded man, the ring handle with leaf moulded thumbrest and scrolled lower terminal, beautifully decorated with three panels of coloured transfer prints with gold highlights, ‘Milkmaids’, ‘Rural lovers’ and ‘Milking scene’, framed with puce scrolls and reserved on a yellow ground painted with kakiemon style flowers, and insects below a border of chrysanthemum and roses, around the neck of the jug a moulded border of leaves picked out in colours, brown line rim. Circa 1765-68 more>
37	Click image to enlarge	A Very Fine First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Teapot and Cover, of large pear shape with double interlaced handles  and scrolled spout, the slightly domed cover with open flower finial, beautifully decorated in the very finest detail with dry blue sprays of European flowers, in many different tones, including: auriculas, roses, harebells, lilies, chrysanthemum and forget-me-nots, with very fine gold dentil borders. Circa 1770 more>
38  - 42		38 A Fine First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Mug, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, with applied strap handle, printed from an adapted print by Robert Hancock after a design by Jean Pillement and engraved by P.C.Canot, in a fine light tone of underglaze blue with ‘La Peche’ and ‘La Promenade Chinois’, showing a lady in oriental robes casting her rod into a pool whilst a gentleman looks on from an arbour to one side, the reverse showing a lady walking holding a parasol and beside her a small child, both with top knots, a bird flies up on a fence to one side. Circa 1765-70 Height: 41⁄4 ins (11 cms) Mark: printed hatched crescent mark to the underside of the base of the mug. Private English Collection The two prints always occur together and therefore should be regarded as a single pattern. The designs were first published in ‘Le Livres Chinoise’ after designs by Pillement but engraved by Canot in 1758. The adapted form used at Worcester by Hancock also appears in the ‘Ladies Amusement’ published by Robert Sayer in 1760. 39 A Fine Early Worcester Pedestal Sauceboat, the oval form moulded on either side with scrolled cartouches, painted in underglaze blue with the ‘Sinking Boat Fisherman’ pattern, the interior with a further Chinese riverscene and border decoration of hatched diaper, leaves and flowering prunus. Circa 1755 40 A very fine Bow Octagonal Plate, painted in underglaze blue in Chinese style with an oriental man wearing flowing robes and hat, carrying a staff of office, followed by a boy bearing scrolls beside a tree and rocks, enclosed within a wavy solid blue border. Circa 1755. 41 A Fine First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Teabowl and Saucer , moulded in crisp low relief with a band of scrolling chrysanthemum, the centre painted in underglaze blue with an open blown chrysanthemum bloom, the border painted with a formal lambrequin design. Circa 1762-65 42 A First Period Dr. Wall Worcester cylindrical mug, of straight sided form with strap handle printed in underglaze blue with the third version of the ‘Parrot Pecking Fruit’ pattern showing the parrot perched in a branch of the gnarled tree, leaning down and about to peck some quinces which lie on the ground beside bunches of grapes, strawberries and a pumpkin and other autumnal fruits with a butterfly in flight to one side. Circa 1770 more>