A Worcester blue and white pickle dish c.1758

A Worcester blue and white pickle dish c.1758, the scallop shell form painted with the Two Peony Rock Bird pattern, a small bird perched on holey rockwork beneath flowering branches and a flying insect, workman's mark, 9.2cm.

Provenance: the Professor Richard Clarke Collection. Purchased from Simon Spero in 1998.

This shape was made in four different sizes, this being the smallest of the series.