Billingsley Rose Plate, Flight Barr Worcester Porcelain, 1813
A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester porcelain rose plate, circa 1813, with decoration by probably William Billingsley, a lobed dish with gadrooned edges, sprigged with pink roses, blue bells and forget-me-nots; impressed mark and backstamp of 1813-40 period; Billingsley worked at Worcester from 1808-1813, diameter 7.68 in.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
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