For offer is a delightful Caughley dessert dish, circa 1775  The dish is of an attractive lobed circular shape and is painted in blue with the 'Scholars Rock' pattern, The dish is 22 cms in diameter.  It is in very good condition with only a little minor wear to the outer rim. From around 1775 to 1799, at Caughley near Broseley in Shropshire, England, Ambrose Gallimore and Thomas Turner produced some of the finest soft-paste porcelain made in England in the 18th century. Many shapes and patterns were produced, in the main useful wares: tea services, dinner services, and everyday objects that would be used in the households of the then-emerging middle classes. The porcelain was decorated largely in underglaze blue, although enamel colours and gilding were also used. Today, Caughley porcelain is highly collectable and much sought after. Ref 2146