Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2024
Lot 718
A Worcester cabinet plate in the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu pattern, c.1770, painted in the London
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £693
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Description
A Worcester cabinet plate in the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu pattern, c.1770, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with three vignettes of exotic birds around a central floral roundel, reserved within gilt floral and trellis borders on a blue scale ground, blue square seal mark, some gilt wear to the rim, 23.2cm.
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson Collection. Purchased Laidlaw, 11th December 2017.
Cf. Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles, China and Glass Painter, no.64 for a similar example. Seven variations of this pattern were identified by Gerald Coke. He lists this as version 2.