Lot 297
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THREE WORCESTER PORCELAIN 'BLIND EARL' PATTERN PLATES CIRCA 1770

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • diameter 7 5/8 in.
  • 19.4 cm
comprising one painted, in the manner of James Giles, with colorful butterflies and winged insects, and two painted with flower spays and sprigs. One of the latter two broken and repaired, all with some minor wear.

Catalogue Note

A 'Blind Earl' plate painted with very similar insects and attributed to the James Giles studio is illustrated by Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, p. 332, no. 411.