British & Continental Ceramics & Glass - 3rd September 2024
Lot 391
A rare Plymouth dish or centrepiece, c.1768-70, the oval form with deep fluted sides and four
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £630
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Description
A rare Plymouth dish or centrepiece, c.1768-70, the oval form with deep fluted sides and four moulded shell handles within a feathered rim, painted with colourful moths around a central flower spray, broken and cleanly repaired, 31.5cm.
Provenance: Rod Jellicoe. Formerly in the collections of F S Mackenna and Peter Stephens.
Exhibited: English Ceramics Circle, 1948; Albert Amor Ltd, 1978.
Illustrated: F. Severne Mackenna, Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain.