"Quaker" Pegg Derby Botanical Plate With "Variegated Iris" Study. c.1813-15.

Description.

Superbly painted in the inimitable style of William 'Quaker' Pegg, with a magnificent botanical study of a "Variegated Iris". The quality of the painting matches the best work of Pegg, as illustrated, for example, in John Twitchett's "Derby Porcelain 1748-1848" (see colour plate 51 for a similar composition).

Pegg was born in 1775, in Staffordshire. He commenced work, in Derby, in 1796. In 1800 he joined the Society of Friends and in 1801 decided to quit painting, burning his drawings and other texts (including a volume of hymns and psalms) as he considered them the engines of "will-worship"! In 1813 he began painting again. His painting career at Derby continued until 1820, when he again suffered pangs of conscience and decided, instead, to run a shop. This piece states from the period 1813-15.

Derby crown and batons over 'D' mark in red. Puce "29" number to the footrim, for the gilder, whose name is unknown.

Condition.

In excellent antique condition. No apparent defects, apart from the extensive crazing virtually endemic to this period. Minor loss of enamel to the painted study. A small underglaze loss to the footrim.

Dimensions.

22.25cm in diameter.

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