A Caughley blue and white cup and saucer in the rare 'Curly…
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A Caughley blue and white cup and saucer in the rare 'Curly Pagodas' or 'Houseboat' pattern, and a blue and white dish, circa 1797, the landscape duo with a typical patterned and pendant border and gold bands, unmarked, and; a quatrefoil shaped dish with a gnarled maple leaf tree and fence within a Worcester patterned border, unmarked, length 18 cm, width 19.5 cm, (dish) and smaller

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  • Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.

    Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Quatrefoil - A stylised four-circle design, itself contained within a larger circle, with Gothic origins and often seen as window designs in ecclesiastical architecture. The use of the motif was popular in Gothic Revival furniture of the 19th century.

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