Lot Essay
See The Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection, Christie's, New York, 25 January 1993, lots 65 and 66 for similarly moulded examples of the present plates.
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CIRCA 1770
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TWO ENGLISH CREAMWARE PLATES
Circa 1770
The first of silver-shape with gadrooned rim glazed in green; the second of Whieldon-type splashed in tortoise shell glazes including shades of blue, green and ochre in a zigzaging formation, the border moulded with alternating panels of star and diaper trellis divided by rocaille cartouches, shaped rim
9½ in. (24.6 cm.) diameter (2)
Circa 1770
The first of silver-shape with gadrooned rim glazed in green; the second of Whieldon-type splashed in tortoise shell glazes including shades of blue, green and ochre in a zigzaging formation, the border moulded with alternating panels of star and diaper trellis divided by rocaille cartouches, shaped rim
9½ in. (24.6 cm.) diameter (2)