Bidspirit auction | A Royal Worcester porcelain fruit

A Royal Worcester porcelain fruit study bud vase signed by William Ricketts - A Royal Worcester porcelain bud vase of teardrop form, designated as shape number 307. The body is decorated with a hand-painted still life of peaches and cherries against a mossy, tonal background, signed Ricketts for the artist William Ricketts. The reverse features a smaller vignette of three cherries on a plain cream ground. The slender tapering neck, rim, and pedestal foot are finished in matte gilding. The base carries the Royal Worcester puce factory backstamp, the words MADE IN ENGLAND, the shape number 307, and a capital H. A small hand-painted x mark is also present on the foot rim.