Worcester 'spiral shank' moulded round cake or bread and butter plate, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and rich honey coloured gilding, including 'bluebell' flowers, blue 'crescent' mark, c1790

(p1174)

This is a really excellent Worcester spiral shank moulded plate decorated in rich underglaze cobalt blue and applied rich honey coloured gilding. It has a wide blue and gilt border and has three symmetrically placed 'bluebell' flowers in the bowl of the plate. The very centre of the plate is decorated with a circular garland in blue and gilt within which is a blue and gilt central pattern. The plate is marked on the back with an underglaze blue crescent mark, this was used at the Worcester factory c1755-92. This particular small crescent mark was used c1783-92 in the 'Flight' Worcester period. This plate dates to c1790 and would have been part of a tea set and would have been one of two plates, one for cake, the other for bread and butter. It is difficult to say for certain which of these this plate is.

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Typically of this Flight Worcester period, this plate is very finely potted and has a spiral shanked moulded rim. The lines of this moulded decoration are very crisply potted.

The rim of the plate is scalloped and gilded. There is a very wide underglaze cobalt blue border to the rim of the plate, this is edged with a scalloped gilt line and then has applied alternate gilt dots and a foliate line. The gilding is very rich honey coloured typical of this factory and period.

Evenly spaced within the bowl of this plate are three 'bluebell' flowers, again in underglaze blue and gilt decoration.

In the very centre of the plate is an elegant blue and gilt decoration that is surrounded by an elegant blue and gilt foliate garland. The reverse of the plate has a raised circular foot rim and is marked with the Worcester manufacturer's mark of an underglaze blue crescent, c1790.

This is a really fine 'Flight'  period Worcester shanked moulded plate, decorated in cobalt blue and gilt with the 'bluebell' pattern, c1790.

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Marks:

The reverse of the plate has a raised circular foot rim and is marked with the Worcester manufacturer's mark of an underglaze blue crescent, c1790.

The blue crescent mark was used at the Worcester factory c1755-92. This particular small crescent mark was used c1783-92 in the 'Flight'  Worcester period.

Condition:

This delightful Worcester plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration. The only EXTREMELY minor imperfection is a slight wear to the gilding on the high points of the scalloped rim.

This is a very fine plate for the collector of Worcester or early English porcelain.

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