Lot Essay
Cf. Dennis G. Rice, Derby Porcelain, The Golden Years 1750-1770 (1983), pl. 108 (a).
Various Properties
A Derby (Wm. Duesbury I) plate
CIRCA 1765-70
Details
A Derby (Wm. Duesbury I) plate
Circa 1765-70
Decorated a bright palette, the centre with a vignette of an exotic bird in a landscape with a smaller bird perched on a branch at its side, within a border moulded with stylised flowerheads picked out in puce, yellow and blue and a shaped gilt rim (some wear to enamels)
8½in. (21.5cm.) diam.
Circa 1765-70
Decorated a bright palette, the centre with a vignette of an exotic bird in a landscape with a smaller bird perched on a branch at its side, within a border moulded with stylised flowerheads picked out in puce, yellow and blue and a shaped gilt rim (some wear to enamels)
8½in. (21.5cm.) diam.