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Lot 272

A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr plates from the Gort Service, circa 1810

15 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£2,500 - £4,000

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A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr plates from the Gort Service, circa 1810

Finely painted with 'Abelard' and 'Eloisa', Abelard depicted as a monk, reading a letter from his lover, Eloise seated at a desk laid with an hour glass, skull, rosary and books, dressed in black and looking up towards the window, the gilded anthemion borders reserving the crest of an antelope, 22.7cm diam, impressed crown above BFB, printed marks referring to Royal patronage and Coventry Street address, titles in red (one with very slight wear only) (2)

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The Gort Service is an important harlequin dessert service made for John Prendergast, 1st Viscount Gort. The centres included landscapes, figural scenes, animals and birds, in a similar fashion to the Earl of Plymouth Service produced at around the same time. Both services display the range and quality of decoration available from the factory. A number of pieces from the service are illustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.77, pls.60 and 61, including the 'Eloisa' plate from this lot.

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