A PAIR OF WORCESTER SCALLOPED DISHES

1770-1775

Details

A PAIR OF WORCESTER SCALLOPED DISHES
1770-1775
Each brighly painted in the 'Bishop Sumner' pattern with a kylin and a phoenix within a border of radiating lapets of birds on branches and dragons, the scalloped border with a band of trailing vine within iron-red lines
8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

With Henry Moog, Atlanta

Lot Essay

The design, often confused with the 'Kylin' or 'Dragon in Compartments' pattern, is based on a Chinese famille verte pattern of the early 18th century or Kangxi period. However, the Worcester factory took liberties with the palette in which it was produced. See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Antique Collector's Club, 1996, no. 193 for a discussion of the pattern and the two bishops from whom it may take its name.

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