A rare Worcester plate c.1765

A rare Worcester plate c.1765, after Meissen, painted in Kakiemon type colours with two birds perched on a purple-stemmed branch of flowering chrysanthemum, small scattered sprigs, a restored rim crack, 22.5cm.

Cf. Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, p.85, fig 332 for the Meissen original of this design. Also, H Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain, pl.22, fig.449 for the Worcester example.