Lot Essay
A similar example, executed in pink lustre, is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and is illustrated in M. Greenwood, The Designs of William de Morgan (1989), p.210
Details
'Orpheus and the Muses', a William de Morgan circular dish decorated to a design attributed to Edward Burne-Jones, the well depicting Orpheus playing the lyre, surrounded by a band of dancing girls, painted in shades of blue and green on a pale green ground (small chip to rim) -- 12in. diam.
See illustration
See illustration