Worcester Porcelain Plate, Dragon In Compartments, Flight Barr & Barr, C. 1820

English porcelain plate produced at Worcester during the Flight, Barr & Barr partnership around 1820. Scalloped outline with fluted cavetto, decorated in the long-standing Dragon in Compartments pattern featuring dragon and kylin panels framed by oriental objects.

The design traces back to Worcester’s late eighteenth-century interpretation of Chinese famille verte porcelain and continued into the Regency period.

The underside bears a Flight Collection label, referencing the Worcester collection formed by Howard Emerson Flight.

Dimensions: Diameter 21.7 cm; height 2.5 cm. Weight 323 g.

Condition: Antique condition. No restorations. There are underglaze cracks visible on the underside; on close inspection, they extend into the porcelain body. There is surface wear to the enamels and gilding consistent with age and use.

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