By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Porcelain Floral Painted and Gilt Vermicule Ground Part Dessert Service, Painted by William Billingsley.
Impressed and printed marks.
Comprising:
Two tureens and covers, each decorated on both sides.
Two oval dishes, 28 cm. wide.
Twenty-four plates each finely painted with a different floral panel, 21 cm. diameter.
Impressed and printed marks, England, Circa 1810.
Provenance:
J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
Laurance S. Rockefeller.
Alberto Pinto.
Literature:
Sandon John, Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at the Cheekwood Collection, Nashville, Tennessee, 2007, Item number 77 - a plate from this unique service identified as being the work of Billingsley. Only employed at Barr, Flight & Barr for a short period, initially as a painter and subsequently perfecting their porcelain bodies, Billingsley left in 1813 to set up the Nantgarw China...
Category
19th Century English Antique Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester Furniture