Worcester plate opens the day at £12,000

THE Lyon & Turnbull sale at Edinburgh got off to a splendid start when Lot 1, a Worcester porcelain plate from the Duke of Gloucester service, c.1770, sold at £12,000.

This 10in (25cm) plate, painted in polychrome enamels with 'sliced fruit' and insects, is from one o…

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