TWO STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE PIERCED DISHES

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TWO STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE PIERCED DISHES
CIRCA 1760

One oval, moulded with entwined branches of fruit suspended from pierced cartouches reserved on the basket-weave border edged with foliate C-scrolls, the other circular, with pierced cartouches edged with foliage scrolls above panels of diaper alternating with basket-weave (chip to pierced border of first, firing cracks; the second with restored crack)--10¾in. (27.5cm.) wide and 9¾in. (25cm.) diam. respectively (2)