First Period Worcester Porcelain Blue Scale Oval Dessert Dish c.1770

Fine 18th century Worcester porcelain oval dish with a blue scale ground, large central oval reserve with scalloped edge painted with a large spray of continental flowers in bright polychrome enamels. Four other shaped reserves around the sides with ornate rococo style gilded frames, each filled with sprays of flowers against a white ground. Additional gilt sprays painted over the scale blue ground and finished with a gilded rim. Blue fretted square mark to the base, c.1770. Provenance: collection sticker for T. A. Hall, Burnley.