Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this Pate-sur-pate Porcelain Vase to the 1870s.
Museum-quality exhibit.
Decorated with relief floral designs on a base the color of pale primrose. On the underside of the foot is an embossed shield presumably with the initials GGW for Grainger & Co. Worcester. The pattern number is 636.
Dimensions:
Height: 18.5 cm
Greatest width: 10.3 cm
Minimal, barely noticeable loss of gilding on the rim. Otherwise, in excellent antique condition without any signs of cracks, loss of enamel, paint, or gilding.
Grainger's vases decorated in the technique of Pâte-sur-Pâte are kept in the best museums of the world, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/771044.).
Such vases are difficult to find for sale, and if they appear, it is only at the best world auctions, such as Bonhams (https://www.bonhams.com/auction/20942/lot/1459/a-pair-of-fine-grainger-and-co-worcester-pate-sur-pate-decorated-porcelain-ovoid-vases-with-gilt-snake-handles-attributed-to-kate-locke-circa-1875/ ) and Christie's ( https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4594175).
Collectors hunt for such rarities and are ready to pay the appropriate price for them.
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Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this Pate-sur-pate Porcelain Vase to the 1870s.
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A Grainger's Worcester Pâte-sur-pâte Vase, Kate Locke, Circa 1891
