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Geoffrey Godden Collection
Gordon and Lorna Turner Collection
Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain (1992), p.206, fig.361. Godden also illustrates the underside of the present lot alongside two similar examples from his collection, see Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.52, pl.33 (left). One of these leaf dishes (centre) was sold by Bonhams on 30 June 2010, lot 122. Christopher Spencer discusses both pieces in Early Lowestoft (1981), pp.92-3.
This attractive and distinctive style of bird painting can be seen on an important Lowestoft spoon tray also from the Geoffrey Godden Collection, sold by Bonhams on 30 June 2010, lot 119. The present lot exhibits the same slightly pink 'wet' glaze, and almost tin-glazed appearance, which is typical of very early Lowestoft.