Large and Impressive Kerr & Binns Worcester Limoges enamel exhibition charger plate 1857

This incredible charger plate is an exceptional piece of the highest quality and craftmanship from the renowned Royal Worcester,

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE KERR & BINNS WORCESTER ‘LIMOGES ENAMEL’ DECORATED EXHIBITION CHARGER
Dated 1855 and 1857, the enamel decoration by Thomas Bott, Snr.
Circular, cobalt blue background with gilt borders and rim, the gilding attributed to Josiah Davis, the centre with a scene finely rendered in white enamel of a Classical female nude female attended by a flying muse and erotes, the border with alternating gilt-framed cartouches decorated with erotes and masks framed by foliage, signed underside ‘T. Bott, 1857: and again with his initials within the printed factory shield mark, this also dated ’55’ 46cm diameter.EXHIBITIONS:
Art Treasures of Great Britain, Manchester, 1857

LITERATURE:
R.W. Binns, Catalogue of a Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Museum at the Royal Porcelain Works (Worcester, 1882), illustrated facing p. 149, engraving titled ‘Enamels at the Manchester Exhibition, 1857.

OTHER NOTES:
The central decoration attributed to an allegorical scene of the Suppliants from the Tragedies of Aeschylus, see Heritage Auctions, Texas, June 10 2018, Lot 61332
Condition: Wear and retouching to the gilding all the way around the rim (wear due to a previous frame). Two areas of restoration to rim, only visible from verso. Minor wear and scratches to underside.

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