FOUR WORCESTER BLUE-GROUND TABLEWARES CIRCA 1770

comprising: a two-handled oval tureen stand reserved with 'vase' and 'mirror' panels painted with flower sprays; a lozenge-shaped dish reserved with a conforming panel of exotic birds in a landscape; and a 'Sir Joshua Reynolds' pattern oval sauce tureen stand and scalloped dessert plate, pseudo Chinese 'fret' marks in blue.

Tureen stand: minor chips to the applied leaves of the twig handles; several minor pinhead chips to the rim edge; some minor rubbing to the enamel in the center where the tureen would have sat. Lozenge-shaped dish: minor small chip to the footrim. Sauce tureen stand: minor small chips to applied flowers; minor pinhead chip to the underside of the rim. Dessert plate: completely oversprayed, probably broken at least in half and restored.
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