A MINTONS RETICULATED 'JEWELLED' TURQUOISE-GROUND PLATE

DATE CYPHER FOR 1883, PRINTED GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, GILT K AND PAINTED ::, VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED A. GREGORY

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A MINTONS RETICULATED 'JEWELLED' TURQUOISE-GROUND PLATE
Date cypher for 1883, printed gilt crowned globe and impressed uppercase marks, gilt K and painted ::, various impressed cyphers, signed A. Gregory
The center finely painted with an overflowing basket of fruit and flowers, the broad border pierced with three trellis panels alternating with floral reserves within scroll work cartouches, edged by enamelled white 'jewelled' chains of harebells and lozenges
9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, p. 74, for a full page illustration of a similar plate by A. Gregory. Also see lot 184 for an example of his work at Royal Crown Derby.

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