Antique & Decorative Arts Wednesday, 24 March 2021 - 11:00 AM start

Rare Grainger Worcester Reticulated Exhibition Vase

Estimate: $35,000 - $50,000

Lot Details

80 cm height Probably made by George Owen for the George Grainger owned Royal China Works in the late 1880s, pre-dating the takeover by the Worcester factory. photos exist in the Dyson Perrins Museum (Worcester) of the vase in the 1890s and the assumption is the vase was kept after the takeover in 1889. A photo reproduced in Royal Worcester Porcelain 1862 to the present day by Henry Sandon shows the vase in the upper floor window of Graingers shop front at Foregate, Worcester.