£420
A pair of 18th century first period Worcester gilt scallop-edged dessert plates in the 'Blind Earl' pattern: decorated in coloured enamels with a raised rose bud and painted floral spray (manufacture glaze faults to base of one plate and green leaf enamels rubbed on both plates) (19.5 cm in diameter)
The pattern was made for the Earl of Coventry, 'the Blind Earl', who lost his sight in a hunting accident in the 1770s and asked Worcester to make him a design that he could feel.. A similar shape was also made at Chelsea during the Red Anchor period (1752-56). Unmarked,
Condition Report: Surface scratches and faults to the glaze. Rubbing to the green leaf enamel. Firing cracks to underside of plates.
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