Lot 208
  • 208

Three Worcester dishes, circa 1775-80

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Porcelain
  • 20.4cm., 8in. diam., 23.7cm., 9 3/8 in. wide and 21.3cm., 8 3/8 in. diam.
comprising; a dessert plate painted with a vignette of fancy birds within a basketwork moulded border at the lobed shaped rim; a blue-ground lozenge-shaped dish, painted with a central oval medallion of fruit reserved on a blue ground highlighted with caillouté gilding, blue crescent mark, and a dessert plate, decorated in the Giles workshop, painted with an urn reserved on a 'wet blue' ground border gilt with fruiting vines, blue crescent mark, 

Condition

The plate with fancy bird decoration. In good condition and appearance, some minor surface scratching to well. The lozenge-shaped dish with some surface scratching but in good appearance. The Giles-decorated dessert plate with a flat chip at rim and some rubbing to gilding along well.
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