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Lot Essay
Another similarly painted plate was exhibited by Albert Amor Ltd., 18th Century English Porcelain from Renowned Collections (London, 2000), no. 31. See also Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection (Woodbridge, 1996), p. 114, no. 77.
This pattern, usually known as 'Mobbing Birds', was first linked to the painter James Rogers by Hugh Tait, in The Connoisseur, April 1963, when he drew attention to the decoration on a bell-shaped mug in the British Museum, signed I Rogers Pinxit 1757. Tait further asserted that the bird-painting was derived from the work of an artist called Charles Fenn, some of which was published in The Ladies Amusement, a sourcebook of designs compiled from the work of various artists.
This pattern, usually known as 'Mobbing Birds', was first linked to the painter James Rogers by Hugh Tait, in The Connoisseur, April 1963, when he drew attention to the decoration on a bell-shaped mug in the British Museum, signed I Rogers Pinxit 1757. Tait further asserted that the bird-painting was derived from the work of an artist called Charles Fenn, some of which was published in The Ladies Amusement, a sourcebook of designs compiled from the work of various artists.