An early Worcester blue and white teabowl c.1753

An early Worcester blue and white teabowl c.1753, the finely potted flared shape painted with the Willow Root pattern, a solo Chinese figure standing beside a triangular fence and holding a scroll, workman's mark, two short rim cracks, 7.1cm dia.

Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire. Paper label for the Watney Collection.

Willow Root pattern was one of the earliest set patterns adopted by the factory and varied depending on the shape of the object it decorated.