A rare Chamberlain Worcester miniature watering can. C. 1810

A charming Chamberlain miniature watering can, beautifully painted with floral compositions, contained within gilded reserves, to each side of the can. Elaborate and extensive gilding to the body, spout and handle of the piece. A stylised berry ground to the body.

These items are very rare. They were intended for use as miniature vessels for the sprinkling of lavender and rose water onto linens, but one suspects that they always served a more decorative purpose.

A chip to the inner rim, invisible on display. It is very uncommon to find the cover intact, or the body of the piece to be in such fine order. Please see our other listings.

They are organised by category in our shop. If you wish for the latter, please let us know.

There will be an additional charge which we will notify to you. Until that point, the item will be at our risk. We are prepared to deliver all over the world, except (for obvious reasons, given the Russian state's unprovoked acts of aggression in Ukraine) to Russia. We aim to ensure that our descriptions are absolutely accurate. Nevertheless, antique porcelain is never perfect.

We use high definition photography with the aim of making the condition of any item extremely clear. Defects which are obvious in the photography we use are deemed to have been declared, even if we do not specifically refer to them in the description. An example of such a defect would be crazing-but we do not regard fine crazing as being a defect. If crazing is a particular issue for you, please let us know and we will then report as to whether there is any. Restoration is sometimes extremely difficult to detect. We use UV light and transmitted light to check whether restoration has occurred. Sometimes, even those methodologies do not reveal restoration. If you are able, notwithstanding the definition, to show that restoration of a significant nature has occurred, we would obviously allow cancellation of the sale in such circumstances.

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