A CAUGHLEY YELLOW GROUND SHELL SHAPED DESSERT DISH AND PLATE

A CAUGHLEY YELLOW GROUND SHELL SHAPED DESSERT DISH AND PLATE, C1797-99 painted with a central bouquet, dish 21cm wProvenance: Stockspring Antiques; Godden Reference Collection.Literature: 2013, illustrated p189 with other shapes.This rare shaped service puzzled collectors for many years. It is now attributed to Caughley on the basis of characteristic manufacturing faults, typical of Caughley jugs, etc of the 1797-99 period. (See 2013, p187 and lots 83 and 84). The other dish shapes illustrated show the irregular spirals of hand modelled shapes. Note the large stain under the yellow ground on the dish. This indicates that it may have been sold in the white in the auction of Turner's stock in 1799 and 1800 and decorated elsewhere.