Two Worcester fluted dessert dishes c.1775

Two Worcester fluted dessert dishes c.1775, one square and printed with the Carnation and Fruit Sprigs pattern, the other of lobed form and printed with the more common Gilliflower Print, hatched crescent marks, 27.3cm max. (2)

Provenance: the Professor Richard Clarke Collection. Purchased from Delph Antiques, Dublin in 2002.

Cf. Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790, II.C.22 and 23 for comparisons of these two prints.