A pair of Derby porcelain dessert plates with matching shell-shaped dessert dish
circa 1815-25
painted by Richard Dodson with canted gilt-bordered panels of birds in landscapes, reserved within a pale turquoise ground within elaborate gilt borders, crossed batons and D in iron red, plates 22.2cm diameter and dish 23cm diameter
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Condition Report

Both plates with crazing to the glaze all over. One plate with faint hairline to the underside of the rim, approximately 1.6cm long and a short scratch to the polychrome enamels (just below the upper-most bird on the branch) The second plate with crack visible to both sides, extending approximately 5cm inwards from the rim together with a small glaze fault to the rim at approximately 10 o'clock and a small sliver-like chip or further fault to the right-hand side of the trunk. Some patches of wear to the gilding on both plates.

Shell dish - Heavier gilt rubbing, most noticeable to the rim. Some short surface scratches to both the panel and to the underside of the foot rim. Beyond two small areas of loss next to the upper left-hand side bird's tail, the other scratches to the front panel do not seem to have resulted in a loss of decoration - but nevertheless, these scratches/light signs of wear can be seen when held at an angle under direct light.

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