A rare Chamberlain Worcester 'Regent' shape vase c.1810

Code: 10270

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A rare Chamberlain Worcester vase of 'Regent' shape. c1810. Finely decorated in gilt with cracked ice pattern on a salmon ground.

This fine vase was named the 'Regent' shape in honour of the factory's most important patron, The Prince Regent (later George IV). The celebrated Abergavenny vase also made in this Regent shape is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain, colour pl.VIII and pl.105, and on the front cover. It is also illustrated by John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), p.163, and in the same author's Worcester Porcelain (2009), p.21. See also Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27326/lot/30/

Condition: Break to lid restored. Some restoration and re-gilding to the handles, a couple of chips around the mid-section of the vase and just under the finial.