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A London delftware marriage plate, dated 1688 image 1
A London delftware marriage plate, dated 1688 image 2
Offered in support of Art Fund
Lot 84

A London delftware marriage plate, dated 1688

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,176 inc. premium

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A London delftware marriage plate, dated 1688

The centre painted in blue with a wreath encircling the initials and date 'L/ I M/ 1688', 21cm diam

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Provenance
Marion and Brian Morgan Collection, Sotheby's, 20 November 1979, lot 16
Graham Slater Collection

Lipski and Archer illustrate this plate alongside an identical example, from the same set, see Dated English Delftware (1984), p.56, figs.173 and 173A. The authors draw attention to the significance of the year 1688 in English history, the Glorious Revolution, in their catalogue, Fair as China Dishes (1977), p.47. It is likely that this plate simply marks a marriage that took place in that tumultuous year and is of personal significance, rather than politically commemorative.

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