A Worcester wine taster, circa 1765-68A Worcester wine taster, circa 1765-68Finely moulded in the shape of a half-peach, the exterior with crisp basket-weave moulding beneath embossed peach blossom and leaves sprouting from an applied twig handle and a tripod foot ring, naturalistically coloured, the inside rim with a formal flower border in famille rose palette and a similar flower inside the base, 9.8cm wide including handleProvenanceRobyn Robb CollectionWorcester seemingly produced these tactile and delicate cups for a short period in the mid-1760s. The extant examples vary only in the design of the inner border. One with a similar famille rose border is illustrated by Sandon and Spero, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p.122, no.92. Another from the Ralph Kenber Collection was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2020, lot 151.