A Swansea shaped oval dessert dish
painted with a loose spray of flowers, the fluted well painted in green and gilt with flowerheads and scrolls, the C-scroll-moulded border painted and gilt with pendants leaves below a gilt line rim, printed iron-red mark, circa 1820 (some flaking to enamesl, slight wear) -- 26cm. wide See colour plate 5
Lot Essay
Cf. A. E. Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration (1988), p. 230 pls. 1-4 for similar plates.