Lot Essay
Cf. Simon Spero, op. cit., p. 124, no. 140.
CIRCA 1775, BLUE CRESCENT MARK
Details
A Worcester shaped oval dish
Circa 1775, blue crescent mark
Painted with the 'Lord Henry Thynne' pattern of a vignette of buildings by a river in a landscape within a turquoise and gilt foliate border surrounded by exotic birds in flight, fruit and flower-garlands, beneath a blue-ground border enriched in gilt with diaper-pattern panels joined by ropetwist ornament (slight wear and flaking to enamels, slight wear to gilding)
10¼in. (26cm.) wide
Circa 1775, blue crescent mark
Painted with the 'Lord Henry Thynne' pattern of a vignette of buildings by a river in a landscape within a turquoise and gilt foliate border surrounded by exotic birds in flight, fruit and flower-garlands, beneath a blue-ground border enriched in gilt with diaper-pattern panels joined by ropetwist ornament (slight wear and flaking to enamels, slight wear to gilding)
10¼in. (26cm.) wide
Provenance
Robert Drane Collection, Cardiff, no. 290.
Literature
Albert Amor Ltd., op. cit., fig. 290.
Exhibited
Albert Amor Ltd., May 1922.