Lot Essay
These are probably modelled after baking dishes of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, representing a roast bird on top of a pastry shell; the shape was also reproduced in porcelain at the Worcester porcelain factory, circa 1770
For a similar pair in the Copeland Collection and with under-dishes see W.Sargent, op. cit., p.178, no.84; compare also the examples illustrated in W.Cox, op. cit., p.603, pl.171, and G.Godden, op. cit., p.254, fig.180
Other similar examples were sold Christie's, New York, 22 May 1985, lots 150, 151
For a similar pair in the Copeland Collection and with under-dishes see W.Sargent, op. cit., p.178, no.84; compare also the examples illustrated in W.Cox, op. cit., p.603, pl.171, and G.Godden, op. cit., p.254, fig.180
Other similar examples were sold Christie's, New York, 22 May 1985, lots 150, 151