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A collection of Worcester porcelain, circa 1770-85Comprising a chestnut basket, cover and stand, left in the white with gilt highlights, the twig handles with flower spray terminals, the pierced cover and stand with arched panels and florets, the basket with florets within a honeycomb design, stand 26cm wide, a teapot of reeded 'French' shape, painted with colourful 'Dishevelled Birds', an underglaze blue and gilt scroll border, 13.5cm high, crescent mark, a teapot of barrel shape, painted with colourful flower sprays, with gilt highlights, 13.8cm high, and a teabowl and saucer painted with floral sprigs, saucer 12.2cm diam (9)FootnotesProvenance Property from an International Private Collection The chestnut basket corresponds to one of the 'Two fine oval white and gold cream-basons [sic], pierced covers and plates' which sold for £15.6s in the 1769 Worcester sale. Another from the Zorensky Collection was sold by Bonhams on 23 February 2005, lot 213.