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A ROYAL WORCESTER ORNITHOLOGICAL FRAMED RECTANGULAR PLAQUE AND A FRAMED CERTIFICATION PLAQUE

DATED 1972, GILT MARKS, THE FIRST SUBJECT NO. 1 FROM A SET OF 15, THE SET NO. 2 FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 25

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A ROYAL WORCESTER ORNITHOLOGICAL FRAMED RECTANGULAR PLAQUE AND A FRAMED CERTIFICATION PLAQUE
DATED 1972, GILT MARKS, THE FIRST SUBJECT NO. 1 FROM A SET OF 15, THE SET NO. 2 FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 25
The first painted by Edward Townsend with a Chiff Chaff on Hogweed, signed and dated; the second plaque certifying that a Limited Edition of twenty five sets of British Bird Paintings on Bone China has been produced by the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Limited, both in gilt wood frames
The first approx. 14 in. x 9 in. (35.5 cm. x 22.8 cm.), excluding frame (2)

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Lot Essay

Edward Townsend (b. 1904) is recorded as a painter at Royal Worcester beginning in 1918, and foreman of all the men painter's from 1954-1971. He is particularly noted for his fruit, sheep and bird paintings. For a further discussion of his work, see H. Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain (London, 1973), p. 111.

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