
First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Tankard, Of Bell Shape With Ridged Loop Handle, Circa. 1765
Further images
A Dr. Wall Worcester Tankard, of bell shape with ridged loop handle, painted in blue in the Chinese style with ‘Long Elizas’ in two large irregular shaped panels reserved upon a ground of cracked ice and prunus blossom.
B.F.S. I.A.14 ‘The Cracked Ice Ground’ pattern, only appears on bell-shaped and cylindrical tankards of which this is the smallest and rarest size.
Marks: Open crescent mark in blue to base.