Unusual Royal Worcester. I'm stumped. Please help.

Hi,

I recently purchased this at auction and cannot find out much about it apart that it is Royal Worcester.

I am still waiting for it to be delivered but could it be a partially finished urn?

Thanks

John

 

Nice, from their Persian range. It wouldn't have the gilt if it wasn't finished, so it's probably just a subtle design unless someone added it afterwards which seems unlikely form the pics. I used to sell quite a lot of Worcester, although not so much in the last 10 years, I still see lots of items I've never seen before (this is another).

There should be some dots either side of the crown mark which will give a year of production when you get it. Most in this body style are late 19th, but they did use moulds over extended periods.

1684 is the body shape (made in 3 sizes), first made in 1893, it originally had a lid but you rarely find them with it these days.

 

That's brilliant. Thank you so much for your help, kind regards John

 

Is there any possibility that someone tried to remove the original decoration or that it just wore off? The decoration looks like a smudge.