Painting attributed to Thomas Pardoe (1770 – 1823)

English, Staffordshire

Circa 1795 – 1809

16 1/2” L x 11 1/2” W

This elegant rectangular platter is painted with flowers that are 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 platter, where a “Yellow Iris”, an “Azure Convolvulus” and a “Purple Candy Tuft” flower are 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 platter, measuring 16 1/2” L x 11 1/2” W has a silver lustre edge. This piece displays both Pardoe’s accumulated knowledge of botanical subjects and his extraordinary talents at illustration. 

Price: $2250