A PAIR OF WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE PLATES of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu type decorated in the atelier of James Giles, the centres with a loose bouquet within gilt line circular cartouches, the borders with exotic birds within shaped gilt scroll and flowering foliage cartouches, reserved on blue-scale grounds beneath scalloped gilt rims (one with rim chip and gilt rim slightly rubbed), blue square seal marks, circa 1770

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A PAIR OF WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE PLATES of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu type decorated in the atelier of James Giles, the centres with a loose bouquet within gilt line circular cartouches, the borders with exotic birds within shaped gilt scroll and flowering foliage cartouches, reserved on blue-scale grounds beneath scalloped gilt rims (one with rim chip and gilt rim slightly rubbed), blue square seal marks, circa 1770
22.5cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain, The Klepser Collection, col. pl. 44 and Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, p. 210, pl. 38(b) for a dish and p. 211, pl. 39(b) for a similar plate

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