Lot 197
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,200 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn exceptional Worcester plate
circa 1752
decorated in famille verte style with a bird perched in a flowering prunus tree flanked by bamboo, the border with green diaper panels alternating with panels of a willow tree and an insect in flight over a simple fence, the rim edged with a fine red line, 22.6cm
decorated in famille verte style with a bird perched in a flowering prunus tree flanked by bamboo, the border with green diaper panels alternating with panels of a willow tree and an insect in flight over a simple fence, the rim edged with a fine red line, 22.6cm
Footnotes
Excavations on the factory site have shown that plates of this shape were amongst the first productions of the Worcester factory. The early enamels are unstable and this example has survived in remarkably fine condition with only minor deterioration to the thick blue enamel