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CIRCA 1770, BLUE CRESCENT AND PSEUDO-CHINESE FRET MARKS
Details
THREE WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE DESSERT DISHES
Circa 1770, blue crescent and pseudo-Chinese fret marks
Each painted with characteristic bouquets reserved within variously shaped gilt foliate cartouches on the blue-scale ground, one lobed, 8in. (20.3cm.) diam.; two scalloped, 7½in. (19.1cm.) diam; together with a similar gros blue example, the center painted with a similar bouquet, the wide border edged with gilt foliate decoration, gilt dentil rim, 7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) diam. (4)
Circa 1770, blue crescent and pseudo-Chinese fret marks
Each painted with characteristic bouquets reserved within variously shaped gilt foliate cartouches on the blue-scale ground, one lobed, 8in. (20.3cm.) diam.; two scalloped, 7½in. (19.1cm.) diam; together with a similar gros blue example, the center painted with a similar bouquet, the wide border edged with gilt foliate decoration, gilt dentil rim, 7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) diam. (4)
Provenance
Sir Richard Wallace (1808-1843), no. 603/II (the lobed blue-scale example)