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Dessert plate
Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
English
1768–70
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2150
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CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPair of Deep Scalloped Dessert Plates, blue scroll borders decorated with gilding, bowl sections of plates decorated with perched exotic birds, surrounded by leafage and flowers. Mark: underglaze [inscription] in blue. Pair with 65.2149.
Marks
Mark: underglaze "W" in blue.
ProvenanceEli Baxter Springs (b. 1852 - d. 1933), Charlotte, N. C.; Springs sale, American Art Association, New York (November 19-24, 1933); Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.