A rare Worcester bowl, circa 1754-55A rare Worcester bowl, circa 1754-55Of 'Scratch Cross' type, painted in bright famille rose style with a long-tailed, pink-breasted bird perched on a willow tree, a flowering branch extending around the bowl, hanging willow branches and an insect on the reverse, a small sprig to the interior base, 14.7cm diam, two incised lines inside footrim and workman's mark of three dots in black enamelProvenanceFrank Arnold CollectionAlbert Amor, Chinoiserie exhibition, 1990, no.78Barbara Leake Collection, Bonhams, 12 March 2008, lot 175Crane Collection, Bonhams, 31 March 2010, lot 57Sylvia and Alan Low CollectionA very similar but smaller bowl is illustrated by H Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain (1954), pl.42, fig.875.