A Royal Worcester square cabinet dish painted by Richard Sebright
dated 1917,
finely decorated with apples and berries against a leafy background, artist signed, betwen a bright polychrome enamel floral scrolling border,
printed factory marks, shape 150,
21cm wide

Richard Sebright spent his entire career at the Royal Worcester Factory where he excelled at painting fruit and flowers. Such was his reputation that Sandon (Royal Worcester Porcelain, 1973) observed that he was "... the finest fruit painter even among the many fine exponents in his day and must rank as one of the finest fruit painters [on ceramics] of any period." In the 1930s he was paid only 6d (2.5p) per plate centre and at the end of his career his weekly wages were only about 45/- (£2.25p).