Pink Lustre Saucer Dish

An attractive early ninteenth century saucer dish or bread and butter plate 19.8cm diameter decorated with pink lustre. 

Four cartouches each with a small flower painted with red enamel and pink lustre.  Each cartouche thickly edged in green enamel making a striking contrast with the pink.

This would have been part of a tea set.  I have come across cups and saucers in this same pattern but the maker is unknown at present and it does not appear to be a common pattern. 

The use of a light pink transparent enamel with an opaque pink lustre is very effective, as is the introduction of bright green enamel.  

Thinly potted in translucent porcelain or possibly even be an early bone china.

Maker's marks:
None

Dimensions:
198mm

Weight:
280g

Age:
200 years

Condition:
Poor:  An age related hairline visible back and front.  The enamels and the rim show signs of wear and use.  No other cracks chips or restoration

Maker:
Unknown, possibly Staffordshire