A fine Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester coffee beaker or zarf, circa 1835Of almost eggshell thinness, on a turned foot, the oval panels with coloured portraits of Fatteh Ali Shah, King of Persia and Abbas Mirza, Prince Royal of Persia, alternating with panels of colourful flower vases, the white ground between gilded with stars and with bright gold dentil borders, 6.3cm high, unmarkedFootnotesProvenance Lord and Lady Flight Collection Worcester's portraits of the late Shah and Crown Prince of Persia were apparently taken from engravings published by Thomas Dudley in 1834, see Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), pls.182-183. Flight, Barr and Barr issued medallions, cabinet cups and a number of these distinctive zarfs as memorial items for the Iranian market.
A fine Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester coffee beaker or zarf, circa 1835Of almost eggshell thinness, on a turned foot, the oval panels with coloured portraits of Fatteh Ali Shah, King of Persia and Abbas Mirza, Prince Royal of Persia, alternating with panels of colourful flower vases, the white ground between gilded with stars and with bright gold dentil borders, 6.3cm high, unmarkedFootnotesProvenance Lord and Lady Flight Collection Worcester's portraits of the late Shah and Crown Prince of Persia were apparently taken from engravings published by Thomas Dudley in 1834, see Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), pls.182-183. Flight, Barr and Barr issued medallions, cabinet cups and a number of these distinctive zarfs as memorial items for the Iranian market.
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