Two Worcester spoon trays and a dessert dish circa 1768-85

both spoon trays of fluted elongated hexagonal shape, one decorated with the 'Chequered Tent' pattern of a Chinese garden, the other with 'Dalhousie' style decoration with a blue ground border, central landscape and flower sprays , and a fluted dish also with a blue ground border and flowers, also with an inner turquoise caillouté ground

'Chequered Tent' spoon tray: no visible damage. 'Dalhousie' style spoon tray: a little minor rubbing to the gilding around the rim and a little wear to the enamels on the central landscape. Dish: there is a little minor rubbing to the enamels on the moulded inner rim.
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For a milk jug with the so-called 'Chequered Tent' pattern, see the Zorensky Collection, part II, sold Bonhams 23^rd Febrary 2005, lot 83