An important Worcester lozenge shaped dish

An important Worcester lozenge shaped dish, superbly painted in coloured enamels with a cluster of fruits and leaves, within a narrow sage green band, decorated in gilt with flowers and leaf scrolls, and with scattered fruits, interspersed with winged insects, within bright blue and gilt cartouches, within a further sage green and gilt band, 10" wide, circa 1770, gilt crescent mark 

Provenance; T E Inman Collection
                     With Brian Haughton Antiques

Exhibited; Albert Amor, 'Dr Wall' Exhibition, 1976
                 Albert Amor, 'The Golden Age', 1980
                 Dreweatt Neate, Dyson Perrins Loan Exhibtion, 1995
                 The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, Loan Exhibition, 1999

No other example from this service would appear to be recorded, and the sage green ground and gilt borders are unique. The quality of decoration relates closely to the celebrated Duke of Gloucester Service 
 

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