20th Mar, 2015 9:00 GMT/BST
Spring Fine Art Sale
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A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Porcelain Urn Shaped Vase, circa 1815, with twin serpent...
The scene is taken from the line "The Shepherd's Flute, The Virgin's Lay" from the poem The Seasons by James Thomson, published in four parts from 1726-1730.
Sold for £750
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
One handle cracked. Repair to socle through base of vase and foot. 060215
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