Lot Essay
See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, 1996, fig. 355 for a scalloped dessert plate of similar type, its landscape by a different hand.
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1780-1785, BLUE OPEN CRESCENT MARKS
Details
A PAIR OF WORCESTER SHAPED SQUARE DISHES
1780-1785, blue open crescent marks
Of Lord Henry Thynne type, each painted with a river landscape within a band of turquoise trefoils edged with gilt, the border with bunches of fruit, birds in flight and insects at the angles, the blue border gilt with chain-pattern and edged with foliate scrolls, gilt dentil rim
8.5/8in. (22cm.) square (2)
1780-1785, blue open crescent marks
Of Lord Henry Thynne type, each painted with a river landscape within a band of turquoise trefoils edged with gilt, the border with bunches of fruit, birds in flight and insects at the angles, the blue border gilt with chain-pattern and edged with foliate scrolls, gilt dentil rim
8.5/8in. (22cm.) square (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Marcel H. Stieglitz; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York 22-23 January 1954, lot 263 (as painted by Fogo)