Lot Essay
For a similar example of the square dish see S. Hanscombe, James Giles: China and Glass Painter (1718-80), London, 2005, fig. 16, p. 41.
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CIRCA 1760-80, THE SQUARE DISH DECORATED IN LONDON WORKSHOP OF JAMES GILES
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FOUR WORCESTER PORCELAIN FLOWER DECORATED TABLE WARES
CIRCA 1760-80, THE SQUARE DISH DECORATED IN LONDON WORKSHOP OF JAMES GILES
Comprising: a shaped square dish from a dessert service painted in a variation of the 'Hop Trellis' pattern; a sauceboat; a small 'Blind Earl' dish; and a saucer dish with 'Chrysanthemum Moulding' and decorated with an 'Old Worcester Parrot'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) square, the square dish
CIRCA 1760-80, THE SQUARE DISH DECORATED IN LONDON WORKSHOP OF JAMES GILES
Comprising: a shaped square dish from a dessert service painted in a variation of the 'Hop Trellis' pattern; a sauceboat; a small 'Blind Earl' dish; and a saucer dish with 'Chrysanthemum Moulding' and decorated with an 'Old Worcester Parrot'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) square, the square dish
Provenance
Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1902 (the square dish).
Mrs. Helen Bruce, New York (the small Blind Earl dish).
Mr & Mrs Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1939 (the sauceboat and the 'Blind Earl' and saucer dishes).
Mrs. Helen Bruce, New York (the small Blind Earl dish).
Mr & Mrs Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1939 (the sauceboat and the 'Blind Earl' and saucer dishes).
Literature
F. Hulbert, Bow Porcelain, London, 1926, p. 53 (the sauceboat; [sic.] now thought to be Worcester).