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A documentary Swansea plate circa 1817-20

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Lot 183
A documentary Swansea plate circa 1817-20

Sold for £ 3,840 (US$ 4,788) inc. premium

Fine English Porcelain & Glass

9 Mar 2005, 10:30 GMT

London, New Bond Street

A documentary Swansea plate
circa 1817-20
decorated in London in the workshop of John Powell, painted with 'The Rest of the Hunting Party' after Wouwermans, depicting a finely dressed couple by the seashore at sunset, one attendant serving them fruit while others hold their horses, the rim with gilt rococo-style scroll-edged panels, 20.8cm (stacking wear to gilt inner rim)

Footnotes

  • This piece was formerly sold in these rooms, 11th March, 1981, lot 171, illustrated plate XI. A Nantgarw plate in the National Museum of Wales (NMW A 31,321) painted in the Powell workshop with the same scene after Wouwermans, is illustrated by Oliver Fairclough, ECC Trans, Vol. 16 pt. 2, The London China Trade 1800-1830, fig. 18, p. 209. Although the subject matter of this plate derives from a 17th century Dutch source, it is assumed this plate is en suite with the following two lots, despite their subjects deriving from the Near and Far East
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