D421170 EXTREMELY RARE DERBY PLATE BY WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY
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EXTREMELY RARE DERBY PLATE DECORATED WITH FOUR ROSES BY WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY AND GILDED BY THOMAS SOARE. BOTH THE No 1 FOR SOARE AND THE LONG TAILED RED No 7 FOR BILLINGSLEY ARE FOUND ON THE FOOTRIM OF THIS PLATE. THERE IS ALSO A WORKMANS MARK, POSSIBLY A BLUERS MARK No 27, TOTHE REVERSE. THE CIRCULAR DUESBURY DERBY BACKSTAMP IS REPORTED BY TWITCHETT, DERBY PORCELAIN, 1748 - 1848, AS EXTREMELY RARE AND HAS ONLY BEEN SEEN ONCE BEFORE ON A CUP AND SAUCER. THE MARK IS BELIEVED TO DATE c1790. THE PLATE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, LOSSES OR RESTORATION. THERE IS ONLY MINOR RUBBING TO THE GILDING ON THE RIM AND THE CENTRE DECORATION.
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