English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15 Dec 2020

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A Chamberlain's Worcester beaker c.1810

£100 - £200 £100

A Chamberlain's Worcester beaker c.1810, painted with a view of Birnam Wood after Hugh 'Grecian' Williams, a wind-blasted figure in the centre reaching after his lost hat, forked lightning visible above the trees, within a narrow gilt border, titled to the base, a rim crack, 11cm.

Birnam Wood, of which little now survives, became notable after being referenced in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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