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Lot 280

A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr dessert dishes by William Billingsley, circa 1808-10

15 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr dessert dishes by William Billingsley, circa 1808-10

Of shaped oval form, one painted with a spray of red poppies, the other with purples stocks, the gilded rims with a fine gilt line inside, 28.2cm diam, impressed crown over BFB marks (very slight wear to gilding one with minute flake to rim) (2)

Footnotes

Only one service of this pattern by Billingsley is recorded. A number of pieces from the service are illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.56, colour pl.9, including one dish from this lot. Other dishes from the set are in the Museum of Royal Worcester.

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