A Worcester plate

A Worcester plate, painted in coloured enamels in the London atelier of James Giles with a pear, cherries and leaves, the border with three pairs of confronting birds in branches, the indented rim with a gilt band, 8 3/4" diameter, circa 1765-70, no mark

See Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles, China and Glass Painter, figure 59, for another plate in this pattern 

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