Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016

Lot 268

A rare Worcester plate c.1765

Estimate £600 - £1,000

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Description

A rare Worcester plate c.1765, after Meissen, painted in Kakiemon type colours with two birds perched on a purple-stemmed branch of flowering chrysanthemum, small scattered sprigs, a restored rim crack, 22.5cm.

Cf. Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, p.85, fig 332 for the Meissen original of this design. Also, H Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain, pl.22, fig.449 for the Worcester example.