Description.
Almost certainly decorated in the atelier of James Giles, in Soho, London, this piece is both beautifully and exuberantly decorated in the dry-blue colour. Giles is regarded, by some, as the greatest decorator of Worcester porcelain. That's a very contentious view, but he's certainly in the pantheon.

Dry blue was a difficult colour to control and was often applied extremely thickly, even to the point of being capable of being tooled. Whilst Giles did not introduce the colour, he was its most effective exponent. See the magnificent teapot, illustrated as colour plate 48 in the Encyclopedia of Worcester porcelain. Interestingly, the colour was used virtually only for flowers – in a formal manner at the Factory, or in a much more free and exciting way at the Giles workshop. It was probably not used on its own until 1768 to 70.  It was hardly ever used with other colours. It never became smooth and can be felt raised above the glaze.

The clincher, however, as to the Giles attribution is the mock-Meissen mark to the base of the piece. Gerald Coke, in "In Search of James Giles" makes the point that utilisation of the Meissen Mark is a clear flag as to a Giles origin.
 
Condition.
In excellent antique condition, save for a short hairline, visible only from the exterior of the piece. Minor utensil marks and some small footrim chips.

Dimensions.

16.3 cm in diameter


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