WORCESTER FIRST PERIOD PORCELAIN PART SERVICE
CIRCA 1775
£4,500
Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
comprising a small sauce tureen and cover of oval shape with shell-moulded handles and a fruit finial with matching stand; and a shaped serving dish; and two circular plates, each painted in the Sèvres style with swags of turquoise and black husks suspended from a border containing turquoise and purple panels edged with gilt scrollwork, apparently unmarked (5)
Dimensions
Scalloped dish, 19cm wide
Footnote
Note: Known as the 'Reagan' pattern, after the pair of dishes of the same design which were presented by Her Majesty the Queen to Mr and Mrs Ronald Reagan on their state visit to the United Kingdom.
Provenance:
The Contents of the Old Manse, Advie