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This earliest shape of Worcester junket dish is more often painted with floral panels. In the second edition of Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain (1989), the authors recorded two single examples with Chinese landscape panels which they designated the 'Bamboo Pavilion' and 'The Neighbours' patterns (BFS patterns I.B.23 and I.B.23A). Since publication, two further junket dishes have been noted, both with entirely different Chinese scenes in each of the panels. The present pair matches one of these. It is curious why the Worcester factory should have created so many totally different patterns with which to decorate these rare objects.
An example with 'The Neighbours' was sold by Bonhams, 2 December 2009, lot 131.