A fine London delftware blue-dash Royal portrait charger, circa 1690-1705
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A fine London delftware blue-dash Royal portrait charger, circa 1690-1705
Boldly painted with an equestrian portrait of King William III wearing an ermine-lined robe and with a crown and sceptre, between two trees and within a yellow line and blue-dash border on the rim, with a lead glazed back and suspension hole on the foot, 33.8cm diam (slight wear to rim, chip on footrim)
Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • For a similar charger with the initials W K, see Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), p.78. Archer argues that this image derives from an engraved portrait of King Charles I entering Edinburgh, by Cornelis van Dalen, after 1641, and the same image was used for subsequent kings

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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