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Lot 340

A Worcester Blind Earl sweetmeat dish, circa 1758

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,200 - £1,500

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A Worcester Blind Earl sweetmeat dish, circa 1758

Moulded in relied with rose leaves and buds issuing from the twig handle, painted with scattered flower sprigs in purple monochrome, the centre with the arms of Viscount Howe of Langar, Nottinghamshire, within a border of rococo scrollwork painted around the rim, 16cm wide (slight wear to highlights)

Footnotes

Beneath the coronet of Viscount Howe is the shield of the Scrope family with a bar sinister. The Howe family had married into the illegitimate branch of the Scrope family when John Grobham Howe (died 1679) married Annabella, the illegitimate daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland.

A teacup and saucer from this important service was in the Zorensky Collection, sold by Bonhams 16 March 2004, lot 45. A saucer dish was also sold by Bonhams, 20 May 2015, lot 90.

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