A SPODE IRON-RED DECORATED DESSERT PLATE AND TWO WORCESTER SCALLOPED DISHES

THE SPODE PLATE CIRCA 1806, IRON-RED PRINTED SPODE MARK BELOW PRINCE-OF-WALES FEATHERS, PATTERN NO. 1112

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A SPODE IRON-RED DECORATED DESSERT PLATE AND TWO WORCESTER SCALLOPED DISHES
The Spode plate circa 1806, iron-red printed Spode mark below Prince-of-Wales feathers, pattern no. 1112
The first printed in iron-red and enriched in gilt with chrysanthemums and bamboo issuing from rockwork, the basketweave border painted with an iron-red band and gilt with foliate figure-8 motifs, gilt dentil rim, 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.; one Worcester dish in the 'Dragon-in-Compartments' pattern, circa 1770, 7 5/8in.(19.3cm.) diam., the other in the 'Brocade' pattern, circa 1772, 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) diam. (3)

Lot Essay

The mark on the Spode plate is rare and thought to be connected with the Prince of Wales' visit to the Spode factory in 1806. See Leonard Whittier, Spode, 1970, pp. 85, 225 - mark 17, fig. 157 for a discussion of the mark and the Spode patterns related to the Prince's visit.

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