Late First Period or Early Flight Worcester Porcelain Pickle Leaf Fruit Pattern 1780-1785

Description

Heading : A Late First Period or Early Thomas Flight Worcester Porcelain Leaf Pickle Dish 
Date :  1780-1785
Period :George III
Marks : Numeric 5 disguised as a Chinese character
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour :Blue on white
Pattern :Pickle Leaf Fruit pattern within a printed honeycomb border; featuring  peach. cherries. grapes. a poppy seed-head and bluebells.
Condition : Five tiny chips to the extremities of the serrated edge; some tiny under-glaze inclusions towards the base of the well – otherwise very fine
Restoration :None
Dimensions : 9.3 x 10.0 cm; approx 3.2 cm in depth
Weight : 20g

This is the first Worcester pickle dish that we have offered for sale in the Pickle Leaf Fruit Pattern

Reference : Worcester Blue & White Porcelain 1751-1790 (Branyan. French & Sandon 1989)  p406