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Lot Essay
The birds painted on the present service, associated with the hand of 'Doctor' George Davis, show off the factory's 'Fancy Birds' at their whimsical best. They are Worcester's answer to the bird painting produced several years earlier at Svres by such noted painters as Armand l'an, Evans and Aloncle.
See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, 1996, fig. 351 and 352 for a selection of similar pieces and a discussion of why they must date towards the end of the Flight period. It is interesting to note that when catalogued in 1954, the service was dated circa 1765 and was described as having 'Royal Blue' borders. Both inaccuracies have since been unmasked through modern scholarship.
See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, 1996, fig. 351 and 352 for a selection of similar pieces and a discussion of why they must date towards the end of the Flight period. It is interesting to note that when catalogued in 1954, the service was dated circa 1765 and was described as having 'Royal Blue' borders. Both inaccuracies have since been unmasked through modern scholarship.