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Lot 334A
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £456 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn interesting Flight, Barr and Barr 'Union' plate
circa 1814
attributed to William Billingsley, painted with a band of pink roses alternating with sprigs of thistles and scattered shamrock, between gilded lines, 20.7cm, impressed BFB and printed Flight, Barr and Barr mark referring to royal patronage (some wear to gilding)
attributed to William Billingsley, painted with a band of pink roses alternating with sprigs of thistles and scattered shamrock, between gilded lines, 20.7cm, impressed BFB and printed Flight, Barr and Barr mark referring to royal patronage (some wear to gilding)
Footnotes
The use of both Barr, Flight and Barr and Flight, Barr and Barr marks dates this plate to 1814, the year Billingsley left Worcester. The choice of flowers representing the union of England, Scotland and Ireland suggests this may have been a specimen plate for a royal service
