Rare First Period Worcester Blue Scale Fancy Birds Dessert Plate c1770 Ex Lever Collection

Description

Heading :  First Period Worcester porcelain blue scale fancy birds dessert plate
Date : c1770
Period : George III
Marks : Painted W workmans mark
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour : Polychrome
Pattern :  Fancy Birds

Features: Blue scale groudn with fancy birds. insects. and foliage within gilded mirror and vase cartouches
Condition : Good – some scatterred lbubbles to the glaze and gilding – no chips or cracks. One fine scratch in the centre of the cavetto
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 20.8cm diameter. 3.4cm height
Weight : 317 grams

Scale blue dessert plates decorated with floral sprays are far more common. This is our first dessert plate desorated with fancy birds. This is from the Sir Jeremy Lever collection