A PAIR OF COPELAND AESTHETIC MOVEMENT 'JEWELED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND OCTAGONAL PLATES

DATED 1882, GREEN PRINTED MONOGRAM MARKS, IMPRESSED MARKS, PATTERN NO. 1/3270, PROBABLY DECORATED BY C.B. BROUGH

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A PAIR OF COPELAND AESTHETIC MOVEMENT 'JEWELED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND OCTAGONAL PLATES
Dated 1882, green printed monogram marks, impressed marks, pattern no. 1/3270, probably decorated by C.B. Brough
Each enriched in gilt, platinum and enamel with an exotic bird in flight or walking in a rocky wooded landscape on a powdered-gilt gound, the seeded octagonal border with alternating beaded chains and bell-flowers
9¼in. (23.5cm.) wide (2)

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These plates were most likely decorated by one of two celebrated Copeland artists Charles Brayford known for his talent with gilding and birds (active 1878 - 1887) or Charles Brough (active 1880 - 1903) who was cited as painting in gold in Brayford's style. See Anon sale, Christie's New York, 24 April 2002, lot 200 for a set of twelve plates in the identical pattern, most signed by C.B. Brough.

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