A Limoges enamel dish

A Limoges enamel dish, decorated in gilt on a fond écaille (faux tortoiseshell) ground, with an outer band of grapevine, the centre with a Bacchanalian Silenus, probably late 18th / early 19th century, 19.5cm diameter, with an ebonised circular frame.

Provenance: The collection of William George Mackay Thomas and by descent.

William Thomas was a collector and writer. He wrote 'English Candlesticks before 1600' which was published in 1954 and also wrote articles for The Burlington Magazine Apollo and Country Life. He donated his collection of candlesticks to the V&A Museum