A Bow plate c.1760

A Bow plate c.1760, painted in polychrome enamels with a dishevelled bird standing on a grassy area with two other birds in flight or perched on a branch behind, the rim with brightly coloured moths, insects and a caterpillar, within a gilt dentil rim, red anchor and dagger mark to the reverse, 20.5cm.

Provenance: Sotheby's, 12th November 1963, lot 19, from the Arnold Collection.