Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chelsea moulded Warren Hastings type oval dish, c. 1755, decorated in the centre with loose bouquets and scattered flower-sprays, the border with four scroll-edged cartouches enclosing figures in landscapes, with classical buildings, a ship's sail and horsemen against a ground of moulded foliage and diaper pattern, with red-anchor mark to base,
Dimensions:
Diameter:11 3/8in., 29cm;
Condition:
restored to chip to rim and associated frit.
Notes:
This type of ware is generally associated with Warren Hastings (1732-1818), the first Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal as a service with similar decoration was sold with his effects at Daylesford House in 1818.
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
