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Seller is calling this 18th century WOrcester bird dish, but I'm not seeing any that are similar.
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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 3980597, member: 50"]This is online from the book Chats on English China, by Arthur Hayden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/57124-h.htm#Page_70" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/57124-h.htm#Page_70" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/57124-h.htm#Page_70</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/images/page_070a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first two letters, <img src="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/images/page_071.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> , in script, were used when the factory was under the direction of Dr. Wall, who died in 1776. The capital W was marked in blue on early printed china. The crescent in outline was one of the earliest marks, while the second crescent filled in with blue, under the glaze, occurs on blue-printed china, which was invented about 1755.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 3980597, member: 50"]This is online from the book Chats on English China, by Arthur Hayden [URL]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/57124-h.htm#Page_70[/URL] [IMG]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/images/page_070a.jpg[/IMG] The first two letters, [IMG]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57124/57124-h/images/page_071.jpg[/IMG] , in script, were used when the factory was under the direction of Dr. Wall, who died in 1776. The capital W was marked in blue on early printed china. The crescent in outline was one of the earliest marks, while the second crescent filled in with blue, under the glaze, occurs on blue-printed china, which was invented about 1755.[/QUOTE]
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