A rare Worcester potted meat dish, cover and stand

A rare Worcester oval potted meat dish, cover and stand, with open flower knop, painted in underglaze blue with the Bamboo Bird pattern, within 'C' scroll moulded cartouches, the borders with diaper cartouches and scrolls, 7 1/2" wide overall, circa 1765, crescent marks

See Branyan, French and Sandon, I.C.9A, for another example in this pattern, but with an acorn knop. The authors record only three known examples of this pattern, one being the current example 

A fragment of this border pattern, apparently unique to this pattern, was excavated at the Worcester factory site 

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