Longton Hall Porcelain Strawberry-Leaf Molded Plate
Circa 1755-57, unmarked
The center painted in colors with a vignette of three exotic birds perched and strutting in a landscape, the border crisply molded with strawberry leaves and fruiting vine, the veins and vines in puce, the stems and leaves in shaded yellow and green.
Diameter 9 inches.

For a similar example, see Christie's, London, 18 November 1999, lot 30; and for two offered in the same lot, see Christie's, New York, 21 - 22 January 1998, lot 482.

C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell

Two restored rim chips, the restoration now discolored, mainly visible on reverse, some surface wear to high points on berries.

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