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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
July 15, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Two Tin-glazed Earthenware Plates

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$369$300
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2920MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 15, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Two Tin-glazed Earthenware Plates, England, c. 1730-40, a Bristol plate with polychrome chinoiserie decoration of alternating floral and crosshatched border surrounding a central figure of a Chinaman seated and gesturing to feed a flying bird in a fenced landscape; and a London plate with blue trim lines to an orange-red decorated border with alternating hatch and flowers surrounding a central urn with floral bouquet flanked by flying insects; each dia. 8 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection; Chinaman plate ex collection D.M. & P. Manheim.
Estimate $600-800

Chinaman: Typical rim chips and scattered glaze loss. Patch misfired to the glaze.
Bouquet: 1/2" rim chip; the rim with considerable glaze loss; glaze crazed throughout and with a craze hairline running approximately 2 1/2" from the rim.


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London, United Kingdom