Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Derby Dishes
Description
A PAIR OF DERBY PORCELAIN LOZENGE-SHAPED DISHES
CIRCA 1770
Each painted with fancy birds in landscape vignettes, the wide border molded with arches enclosing two four-petal flower-heads, the rocaille-molded rim enriched in gilt
13 in. (33 cm.) long, the slightly larger (2)
Condition Report
No breaks or cracks observed.
There is significant rubbing to the gilt at the rim, and rubbing and wear to the painted fowls.
One dish has two very small flakes to the rim, about 1/32″ in diameter.
Provenance
Christie’s, New York, June 7, 2011, lot 530.
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