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Lot 212

A fine pair of Barr, Flight and Barr dishes, circa 1804-07

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine pair of Barr, Flight and Barr dishes, circa 1804-07

Circular, painted with octagonal panels containing an arrangement of three colourful shells surrounded by seaweed on a shaded grey ground, perhaps by John Barker, surrounded by broad gilt borders, the black marbled grounds reserved within gilt-line rims, 19.8cm diam, incised B marks, one with full script mark for Barr, Flight & Barr including the Coventry St Address (2)

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The distinctive technique used to paint the seaweed in the background of these shell compositions, in which the filaments are painted with brushstrokes ending in thicker daubs of colour, has been attributed to John Barker. Compare to the seaweed in the background of the shell-painted panel on a large vase attributed to John Barker in the Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood illustrated and discussed by John Sandon (2008), pp.119-21, no.74. In his memoirs, Solomon Cole told William Chaffers that John Barker excelled in painting shells.

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