A large William De Morgan pottery charger

A large William De Morgan pottery charger, painted to the well with two classical dolphin motif on a calm sea ground, the rim with palmette flowers in ruby lustre on a white ground, the reverse with simple palmette border, unsigned, minor glaze loss to the rim area, 44.5cm. diam.

Literature

Martin Greenwood The Designs of William De Morgan, Richard Dennis, page 217 plate 111 the well design reproduced on a Staffordshire blank charger, circa 1880.