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Lot 394

An important Rockingham plate, circa 1830-42

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An important Rockingham plate, circa 1830-42

With a C-scroll rim picked out in gold, gilded in the centre with the 'SX' monogram set within a cartouche of ermine-trimmed puce and white drapery surmounted by the Earl's coronet, the blue border gilt with oeil de perdrix and painted with floral sprays, 25.5cm diam, puce griffin mark (very fine crazing, small patches of staining to reverse only)

Footnotes

No similar plate appears to have been recorded in the literature. An old paper label attached to the underside relates 'This Rockingham plate formed part of the service produced in 1823 for the Earl of Essex and is decorated with his monogram'. The 1823 date cannot be correct as the factory mark printed in puce suggests manufacture between 1830 and 1842. George Capel-Coningsby, the 5th Earl of Essex died in 1839 and Arthur Algernon Capell, the 6th Earl succeeded to the title. Either could have commissioned this lavish specimen plate.

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