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Dessert plate
Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
English
about 1770–80
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWhite ground center decorated with exotic birds in rural habitat, blue scalloped borders, gilt rims and scroll work. Birds together, 2 butterflies each side of border. Mark: crescent underglaze blue.
Marks
Underglaze blue crescent
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.