An unusual English porcelain honeypot and cover, circa 1820,...

Hammer

£230

An unusual English porcelain honeypot and cover, circa 1820, possibly Worcester, of engine-turned form, painted with small red sprigs alternating with concentric gilt bands, unmarked, 13cm diameter overall, 10cm high Several English porcelain manufactories created honey pots in the form of beehives during this period, preceded by earlier creamware examples by Wedgwood, circa 1770-75. Barr, Flight, Barr, Chamberlain's Worcester and Coalport recorded shapes seemingly do not match this example's shape. A matching shape was sold as part of a group lot at Peter Wilson's auctions, lot 805, 8th July 2008, with some other items, but, frustratingly, it did not reference if there was a factory mark or include an attribution. This item features a label attributed to Coalport on the base.