Description:
Tin-glazed Earthenware Queen AnneCharger, England, c. 1702-14, probably London, polychrome enamel decorated with a blue dash rim bordering a wide yellow band and with central design of a royal figure holding a fleur-de-lis crested scepter in one hand, a crowned orb in the other, initialed "AR" about her head, dia. 14 in.
Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection.
Literature: Illustrated in Ceramics in America-2001 by Chipstone, p. 192, fig. 6; Christie's sale catalog, May 6, 1974, Lot 10.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
Age typical glaze abrasions surrounding rim; scattered rim chips, mostly under the edge of the rim; three hairlines of aproximately 4 1/2; 8 and 7 3/4 in.
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