A rare Chelsea-Derby empire-pattern saucer with classical masks. c.1770

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A rare Chelsea-Derby empire-pattern saucer with classical masks. c.1770See our new website periodceramicsandantiques. org. Description. A very rare pattern. Superbly decorated, with neoclassical mask roundels descending from gilt hooks. Green laurel swags draped over trompe l'oeil knobs. Underglaze blue bands to the base and rim of the cup and saucer. Each of those aforementioned areas elaborately and beautifully gilded. Chelsea Derby gilded anchor and D mark to the base. Condition. A chunk of the piece has been broken,

The pattern is supplemented by gilded detailing

but appears not to have been broken and re-glued

the damage to the reverse is barely visible

with no apparent apparent defects

Old collector's labels for the Daniel Collection

With floral knob and rope double-twisted handles

of baluster form

with a superbly executed rose study

Painted in his typical washed out style and using a reverse view of a rose

A fine Sèvres soft-paste serving dish (compotier rond gauffré)

18cm in diameter

this particular pattern was made right at the commencement of that date span