A Bow botanical plate, circa 1756-58A Bow botanical plate, circa 1756-58Of octagonal shape with gently indented corners, painted with a large botanical specimen of a Jacobean lily, the rim with two winged insects, a caterpillar and floral sprigs, with a brown line rim, 23cm wideProvenanceM Dudley Westropp Collection, Bonhams, 5 March 2003, lot 66Private Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no.15Judy and Phelps Bell Collection, Bonhams, 20 November 2019, lot 184Robyn Robb CollectionThe flower is after an engraving by Vallet. The treatment of the insects on this plate is reminiscent of the work of the Bow painter James Welsh. A comparable pair of slightly earlier plates is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain (1982), p.90, no.130.