Eight English Pearlware Shell Edge Chinoiserie Plates

Lot: 4111

Circa 1780 - 1790.
Each with Rococo style shell-edge and with three doubled swagged leaves molding to rim, painted with blue banding, and with cross hatched band to cavetto, the well painted with standing Long Eliza figure under a parasol, pointing to a pagoda within fenced borders, and with flowering trees, birds, etc., all in a brushy, stylized hand.
Approximate dimensions: 9 1/4 to 9 1/2 Diameter..
Literature: Parallels Roberts - Painted in Blue: Underglaze Blue Painted Earthenwares 1775 to 1810, p. 3, fig. 1 and p. 17, fig. 18.
Condition: One dish in very good condition, the others with shallow rim chips and quite stained. Most with light crazing, shallow nicks. Surface wear throughout.

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