Charles Passenger for William De Morgan, a double lustre Antelope and Fruiting Tree with Lizards dish, circa 1890, painted with an antelope behind and orange tree, two lizards climbing the trunk highlighted in gold lustre, decorated in gold and red, with yellow highlights, alternating concentric rings to the reverse, monogram, 34cm diameter Note: the original design appears in Greenwood, M, 1989, Designs of William De Morgan, number 1210, p.37; another similar example of this dish is in the De Morgan Foundation Collection
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