A fine pair of Derby small 'spectacle' plates

Provenance:
Dennis G Rice Collection

Literature:
See Dennis G Rice, Derby Porcelain The Golden Years, 1750-1770, colour plate D, where one of these plates is illustrated

A fine pair of Derby small 'spectacle' plates, each moulded with overlapping leaves, picked out in green and yellow, and painted by the 'Cotton Stem Painter' with sprays of flowers and leaves, the pierced border picked out in brown, and with applied yellow flower heads, 7 1/8" diameter, circa 1756-59, no marks

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