English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 484
A Derby blue and white plate or stand c.1762
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
A Derby blue and white plate or stand c.1762, the rim moulded with basketweave and applied with small flowerheads reserving four panels of moths and flying insects, the cavetto with an elaborate shaped border, the well painted with a butterfly in flight above an Oriental landscape, a tiny chip to the rim, 21.7cm.
Cf. H G Bradley, Ceramics of Derbyshire 1750-1975, p.128, no.208.