Live Auction 20038An Aesthetic Odyssey: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection
THREE WILLIAM DE MORGAN RUBY LUSTRE DISHES
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THREE WILLIAM DE MORGAN RUBY LUSTRE DISHES

THE TWO SMALLER DISHES DECORATED BY CHARLES PASSENGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed30 September 2021

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THREE WILLIAM DE MORGAN RUBY LUSTRE DISHES
THE TWO SMALLER DISHES DECORATED BY CHARLES PASSENGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The largest decorated with a pair of peacocks, the next with a central panel decorated with a pair of toucans before the rising sun and the smalest with a peacock confronted by a rearing serpent, all decorated to the reverse with concentric bands, the larger with impressed mark '20', the two smaller dishes monogrammed with decorator's initials 'C.P'
The largest: 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) diameter
The next: 12 in. (30 cm.) diameter
The smallest: 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) diameter

Specialist note


A closely related peacock dish decorated in 'ruby-red and pink lustre' decorated by Charles Passenger is illustrated W. Gaunt and M.D.E. Clayton-Stamn, William de Morgan, London, 1971, p. 119, pl. 110; a further dish is also illustrated from the collection of the City of Birmingham Museum with similarly broad outer border and overall character to the dish depicting two toucans p. 125, pl. 118, it is also described as decorated by Charles Passenger and dated as 'late Fulham period'.