PAIR OF Bow Powder Blue Octagonal dINNER Plates

England, c1760

Each notched octagonal plate with a circular central well depicting a poling boatman in an island riverscape with

formal buildings and a willow to the right, and a pine trees to the left, all before rocks, and having rather prominent birds in

the sky; the even powder blue ground with unusually detailed reserved panels: four fan-shaped border panels painted with houses

and pine trees alternating with willows and pine, all with birds; four small round panels of lotus sprigs; the verso with twigs

beneath the rim and 6 pseudo Chinese character marks within concentric circles

Condition: Each with firing flaws and small rim nicks

Note: For a similar example, see John Sandon, Phillips Guide to English Porcelain, p.21;

also The Watney Collection, Part III (Phillips Auctioneers) Nov. 2000

Each 9" Diameter

SOLD

#5526

(Left Details)

(Right Details)

SOLD

Blue Dish, c1690-1720 (center). Bow, Worcester and Isleworth copied the Chinese export originals, blowing dry

cobalt through a bamboo straw onto an oiled surface, masking the reserves for painting. They are among the most striking

of all early English porcelains.

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