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A Rare Worcester 'Blind Earl' Sweetmeat Dish Painted in the Giles Workshop, Circa 1770

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October 18, 02:34 PM GMT

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A Rare Worcester 'Blind Earl' Sweetmeat Dish Painted in the Giles Workshop, Circa 1770


of lobed circular form molded with leafy rose stems, affixed with a green stalk handle issuing two buds, painted with a fruit, two peapods, a tulip, and forget-me-nots, flanked by moths or butterflies and bug, brown-edged rim.


Width 6 in.

15.2 cm

Albert Amor, London;
Barbara Leake Collection, England;
Bonhams London, March 12, 2008, lot 223
London, Albert Amor, First Period Worcester Porcelain 1751-1784, 1973, exh. cat. no. 62
Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, London 1983, pl. 14(d)