FOURTEEN LENOX IVORY & GOLD GROUND ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATES
FOURTEEN LENOX IVORY & GOLD GROUND ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATES

CIRCA 1925, GREEN PRINTED MARKS, GILT PATTERN NO. AND YEAR CYPHER 1830/D.315.A, SIGNED W.H. MORLEY

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FOURTEEN LENOX IVORY & GOLD GROUND ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATES
Circa 1925, GREEN PRINTED MARKS, GILT PATTERN NO. AND YEAR CYPHER 1830/D.315.A, SIGNED W.H. MORLEY
Each finely painted with a game bird, identified on the reverse, within a gilt band, and acid-etched gilt rinceau border
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) diameter (14)

Lot Essay

Known for his flower and fish designs W. H. Morley was also famous for his bird and game motifs, which Lenox was advertising by 1906. Part of the present set is the one painted with three ptarmigan in a snow covered landscape. For a plaque painted with those species see Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen American Porcelain 1770-1920, page 256.

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