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Lot 111

A good Staffordshire saltglaze plate, circa 1760

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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A good Staffordshire saltglaze plate, circa 1760

The border crisply moulded with diaper panels and fronds picked out in green and puce within the shaped rim, the cavetto finely painted with 'The Fortune Teller' or 'La Bonne Aventure', a bearded man reading the palm of a young shepherdess, a waterfall and buildings in the distance, 22.2cm diam (restoration to area of rim)

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Provenance:
Kanter Collection

The source is a print by P Archine after a painting by Francois Boucher. The same print inspired a Bow figure group by the 'Muses Modeller' and a South Staffordshire enamel plaque from the Mort and Moira Lesser Collection sold by Bonhams, 19 October 2011, lot 26

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