First Period Worcester Porcelain, First Period Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish, 1770

The Blind Earl pattern moulded dish with rosebuds and molded leaves picked out in coloured enamels and painted with small sprays of flowers and leaves and scattered flowers, the lobed rim with a gilt C scroll band. Slight typical rubbing on green leaves.

In the 1769 Worcester sale catalogue there were included in the sale Twenty-four rose leaves dessert plates. This pattern was reissued in the Flight period with other dessert shapes to match and a service from circa 1815 still survives at Croome Court, the home of the Earls of Coventry and it is likely that the name Blind Earl became associated at that time. The story that the pattern was made for the Earl of Coventry (The Blind Earl), who lost his sight in a hunting accident and asked Worcester to make for him a design that he could feel is erroneous. The accident dated to the 1770s. A similar shape was also made at Chelsea during the Red Anchor period (1752-56).

Reference: Simon Spero & John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, page 193 for discussion and Illustration of the pattern.

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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