A Bow Blue and White Porcelain Wine Taster c1775

Description

Heading :  A Bow Blue and White Porcelain Pickle Dish
Date : 1775.
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Derby. .England
Colour : Blue and white
Pattern : Painted single flowerhead to the interior and typical cell inner border
Features : Single leaf moulded short handle
Condition : Some fritting to top rim otherwise good
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 7.8cm from handle to opposite rim
Weight : 36 grams

Eric Knowles Comments

This has been problematic. My colleague and i both believed that this could be Derby or Bow. This example is larger than any of the known Derby examples. Secondly although Derby used a similar cell border pattern ( as well as diaper) there are substantive differences. We could only find two instances of this specific cell border variant and both are known to be Bow.