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Lot 439

An unusual Nantgarw plate, circa 1818-20

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An unusual Nantgarw plate, circa 1818-20

Painted in London in a bright palette with a basket of flowers including passion flowers, chrysanthemums and a rose, the C-scroll borders picked out in gold with the tied floral garlands in striking blue and puce enamel, flower sprigs in between, a distinctive gilded formal border around the cavetto, 25.3cm diam, impressed NANT-GARW CW

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Provenance
Harry Sherman Collection

A Nantgarw plate with flower painting by the same hand and similar enamel highlights to the moulded floral garlands was sold by Bonhams on 20 May 2015, lot 117. The London workshop responsible for this high quality decoration is not known.

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