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Lot 396

A Minton specimen plate made for Prince Albert, circa 1842-45

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Minton specimen plate made for Prince Albert, circa 1842-45

The border with very intricate royal insignia featuring the arms of England, Wales and Scotland, flowers of the Union and Garter badges containing the Rose, the Thistle, shamrock and Prince of Wales plumes, the top of the plate with the full arms of Prince Albert, Consort of the Queen, the centre of the plate with George and the Dragon in gilding within a laurel wreath, 23.5cm diam

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Provenance:
Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection
Christie's sale 12 October 1987, lot 266
Mercury Antiques, Liane Richards
Private Collection, London

An original design for this plate survives among Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum (ref. E.5901-1910). The design shows a pattern of gilt stars in the cavetto instead of the Sèvres-pattern gold scrollwork seen on the present lot. It is likely the drawing and this specimen plate played part of the design process for a proposed service commissioned by Prince Albert. Through his friendship with Henry Cole, Prince Albert would have favoured Minton with his order and was likely to have been closely involved with any design.

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