Worcester gilt scale-blue dishes in Lady Wortley Montagu pattern

A pair of fine Worcester lobed square gilt scale-blue ground…
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A pair of fine Worcester lobed square gilt scale-blue ground cushion shaped dishes painted in The Lady Wortley Montagu Pattern, Version Two in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770, underglaze blue fret and open crescent marks. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London Summer Exhibition 2014 19/05/2014 (8200 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 50. Reference: See Gerald Coke, In search of James Giles, figure 38b, for a lozenge shaped dish in this pattern, 24 cm square

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