Painting attributed to to Thomas Pardoe 

English, Staffordshire

Circa 1795 – 1809

11 1/4” L x 7 3/4” W

This lovely oval dish is painted with a dwarf almond flower, rendered with remarkable precision that helps identify it as by the hand of the noted porcelain painter Thomas Pardoe. Another hallmark of his work was his identification of each species he illustrated in red script on the reverse. That is the case with this piece, where “Dwarf Almond” is noted on the reverse in flowing script. Born in Derby and there apprenticed at the Derby porcelain factory in the 1780s, Pardoe later began painting creamware at Swansea, where he came under the influence of the potter and botanist Lewis Weston Dillwyn and worked with William Weston Young. The dish, measuring 11 1/4” L x 7 3/4” W has a brown painted edge. This piece displays both Pardoe’s accumulated knowledge of botanical subjects and his extraordinary talents at illustration. 

Price: $850