
John Sandon
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Another dish with closely related decoration was sold by Bonhams 5 December 2007, lot 500 and is illustrated by WD John, Nantgarw Porcelain Supplement No.1 (1956), Illus.1. The centre sprays are certainly by the same hand, many of the fruits and flowers in the central spray being almost identical on both examples. The decoration may be attributed to the Powell workshop as a similarly-painted coffee cup and saucer in The National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff, bears the distinctive gilded border found on marked Powell pieces. See Oliver Fairclough, The London China Trade 1800-1830, ECC Trans, Vol.16, Pt.2, p.209. The quality of the painting and gilding represent the very best of London decoration on Welsh porcelain.