An extremely rare Worcester lozenge shaped dish

An extremely rare Worcester lozenge shaped dish, from the Hope Edwardes Service, superbly painted in coloured enamels in the London atelier of James Giles with a cluster of fruits and flowers, including a cut apple, the scrolling claret ground border with gilt cornucopia of flowers and leaves, gilt lime rim, 10 3/8" wide, circa 1770, no mark 

Provenance; Sir Henry Hope Edwards's, Wootton Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
                      Christies London, April 1901
                      Sotheby's London, 2nd November 2nd 1965, lot 106, bought by Albert Amor Limited £620
                      Bonhams London, 13th September 2006, lot 142
                      American Private Collection, acquired from Robyn Robb

Exhibited; Albert Amor Limited, James Giles, China and Glass Painter, 1977, number 30 

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