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Pair of Worcester Shell Sweetmeat Dishes
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1765
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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A pair of blue and white first period Worcester shell-shaped sweetmeat dishes, decorated with "The Primula pattern". The pattern was adapted from a design appearing in The Ladies' Amusement and is usually not found on its own.
Hatched crescent mark.
13cm Dia.
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Literature
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Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790 Lawrence Branyan, Neal French and John Sandon - page 398, II.C.21
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