A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE RETICULATED SCALLOPED DISH

CIRCA 1760

Details

A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE RETICULATED SCALLOPED DISH
Circa 1760
The center moulded with L-shaped steps within windowpane panels and rocaille cartouches enclosing alternate star and domino trellis, the sloping border with similar cartouches enclosing pierced trellis 9¾in. (25cm.) diam.; together with a saltglaze plate moulded with a foliate scroll rosette reserved against a basketweave ground, the well with fruit, the border with basketweave, 8¼in. (21cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Gwen Smith Collection, Leicester

Lot Essay

See London, The English Ceramics Circle, English Pottery and Porcelain, Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 5 May - 20 June 1948, pl. 23, no. 84 for a reticulated dish moulded with the same decoration as the present smaller example