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Lot 113

A rare Staffordshire printed saltglaze plate, circa 1765

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Staffordshire printed saltglaze plate, circa 1765

Crisply moulded with a trellis border reserved with six cartouches formed by a pair of plumes, printed in puce with the Royal Arms with the lion and unicorn supporters and mottoes 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' and 'DIEU ET MON DROIT', within a shaped rim, 23cm diam (restored, minor crack)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Phillips, 6 June 1996, lot 443
Norman Stretton Collection, Phillips, 21 February 2001, lot 164
Mavis Bimson Collection

A small number of other similarly decorated plates are recorded, possibly made as part of a service for George II. See Leslie B Grigsby, Catalogue of the Henry H Weldon Collection (1990), no.33

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