Offered for sale on July 13 by the Nottingham auctioneers Mellors & Kirk, the jug, in excellent condition, attracted interest from three London dealers who took bidding to around the £20,000 mark, leaving it to two private collectors bidding on the telephone to take the final price to £31,000 (plus 15 per cent buyer premium)
First Period Worcester yellow ground mask jug
UK: THE current fashion for English porcelain may lean towards the earliest pieces of blue and white, but it was not the case 30 years ago when the vendor of this First Period Worcester yellow ground mask jug, c.1760 purchased this piece for £3800 at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair.
