A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Porcelain Rose Water Sprinkler c.1815

A fine and rare Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester Porcelain Rose Water Sprinkler c.1815. Of classical form, the spout formed from a bird with its wings outstretched, the handle from a serpent, both highlighted in gold, finely painted with a panel of flowers on a grey background, almost certainly by Thomas Baxter. The deep cobalt blue ground profuse with seaweed gilding to the reverse & sides along with a band of neoclassical gilding. Unmarked.

Thomas Baxter worked for Flight & Barr, Worcester from 1814 where he specialised in painting figure subjects, portraits and miniatures such as this Rose Water Sprinkler.  

For a cabinet cup and saucer with this distinctive style of painting, see:

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29603/lot/475/a-rare-flight-barr-and-barr-worcester-cabinet-cup-and-stand-circa-1815-20/  

Two examples of similar form rose water sprinkler are illustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.162, pl.156

Also see: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25308/lot/228/a-flight-barr-and-barr-rose-water-sprinkler-and-stopper-circa-1825-30/

Condition: Good with just some minor restoration and re-gilding to the spout. Small manufacturing flaw to the front right hand corner. Flamiform stopper now lacking.