A Pair of Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Fruit Coolers
Sale 1155 - The Collected Home: Featuring Porcelain from the Pamela K. Hull Trust
Mar 8, 2023
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $2,394
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Pair of Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Fruit Coolers
19th Century
both monogramed BMS beneath eagle, one marked Chamberlains / Worcester to the underside of the lid, the other marked Chamberlains / Worcester / & 63 Piccadilly, London to the underside of the lid.
Height 12 x width over handles 11 1/2 inches.
Height 12 x width over handles 11 1/2 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from the Pamela K. Hull Trust, Chicago, Illinois
Condition Report
In overall fair and stable condition. Both having light surface marks, scratches and rubbing to paint and gilt decoration as typical for age and normal handling. Having some visible firing pits throughout. One example having a large section of visible restoration along the edge of the liner and a section of restoration and retouch visible along part of the reticulation on the rim. This example also has thin splits in the porcelain to the underside of each handle and flaking instances to loss along the edge of both handles. The other example does not evidence repair or restoration, but with small flaking loss along the edge of the handles, one larger but thin section of flaking loss to the underside of one.
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