A Worcester double leaf dish c.1758

A Worcester double leaf dish c.1758, formed as two overlapping cos leaves decorated in the famille verte palette with bright Oriental flowers around holey rockwork, a large butterfly in flight above, the rim enamelled with floral panels alternating with bands of green hatching, a little wear, 26cm.

Cf. Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain; The Zorensky Collection, no. 16 for a shell-shaped dish in this pattern.