Country Americana
Description:
Tin-glazed Earthenware UnionDish, England, c. 1715-25, probably Lambeth, in the manner of the Vauxhall Pottery, polychrome enamel decoration of simple banded borders surrounding a central design with ribbon joined thistle and rose below a royal crown flanked by initials "GR," dia. 8 3/4 in.
Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; Jonathan Horne.
Literature: Identical illustrated in Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, by Archer, illus. B.10.
Estimate $3,500-4,500
Glaze loss surrounding plate rim. Numerous old and discolored glaze chips restred to rim. Allover crazing to the glaze.
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