A good Worcester spoon tray, circa 1755-57A good Worcester spoon tray, circa 1755-57Of lobed hexagonal form, finely pencilled in black with a Chinese landscape, buildings enclosed within a fenced garden, mountains behind, a pair of bowing figures near a small pagoda, a ruyi-head border at the rim, 15cm wideProvenanceSylvia and Alan Low CollectionA bowl pencilled in this same attractive pattern is illustrated by Sandon and Spero, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p.157, no.151 and was sold by Bonhams on 22 February 2006, lot 48. A matching sparrow beak jug was in the Billie Pain Collection, sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2003, lot 130. It is likely that the rare extant examples of this design once formed a full tea service.