Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12th February 2013
Lot 120
An extremely rare Caughley square dish c.1790-93
Estimate £700 - £1,000 | Hammer £600
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Description
An extremely rare Caughley square dish c.1790-93, painted with a panel containing a distant stately home in the background of a lakeside scene with weeping willow and other trees along the banks, reserved on a ground of tiny stylized flower sprigs within a pink band border with a continuous oval design, a little gilt wear, 20.2cm.
This dish is ensuite to the previous two lots and is from a previously unrecorded Caughley service, discussed at some length in an article by Chris Brown in the Caughley Society Newsletter of February 2011. Certain design elements and the overall palette used in the decoration of these dishes are reminiscent of those used in the Marquis of Donegal service, which was decorated by Chamberlains in Worcester in 1793, as evidenced by an invoice to the Marquis dated September of that year. The varying quality and boldness of the landscape panels would suggest painting by more than one hand.