SIX ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN PARCEL-GILT PLATES

DATE CYPHERS FOR 1902 AND 1911, PUCE CROWNED MONOGRAM AND ROYAL WARRANT MARKS, RETAILER'S MARKS FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, FIVE IMPRESSED DERBY, IRON-RED PATTERN NO. F 317, FIVE SIGNED (DÉSIRÉ) LEROY AND ONE SIGNED A.(LBERT) GREGORY

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SIX ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN PARCEL-GILT PLATES
DATE CYPHERS FOR 1902 AND 1911, PUCE CROWNED MONOGRAM AND ROYAL WARRANT MARKS, RETAILER'S MARKS FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, FIVE IMPRESSED DERBY, IRON-RED PATTERN NO. F 317, FIVE SIGNED (DÉSIRÉ) LEROY AND ONE SIGNED A.(LBERT) GREGORY
Each border finely painted with alternating cartouches of single and paired roses amidst foliage and sprays of forget-me-nots, within an elaborately tooled raised paste two-toned gilt reserve of foliate scrollwork arabesques, seeded trellis and pendant gilt drops
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter (6)

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Lot Essay

See J. Twitchett and B. Bailey, Royal Crown Derby, New York, 1987, pp. 84-86 for a discussion on Leroy's distinguished career. Désiré Leroy apprenticed at the Sèvres factory in the mid-19th century. At the age of 38, he moved from France to take an appointment at Minton. In 1890, he was engaged and given his own studio by Royal Crown Derby, where he remained until his death in 1908. A contemporary commentator described his work 'as deserving of great praise...These for neatness, delicate manipulation, and artistic refinement, cannot be surpassed, and this is the character of all his work.'

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