A fine Derby plate

Literature:
See John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, page 221 for a slightly later pair of plates of this shape

A fine Derby plate, very well painted in coloured enamels with a spray of flowers and leaves, the pierced basketwork border with blue ground panels decorated in gilt with trailing vines, 9 5/8" diameter, circa 1815, crowned crossed batons mark in red

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