Description:
Seven Staffordshire Lead-glazed Cream-colored Earthenware Plates, England, 1750-70, a feather edge with splashes of yellow, green, and blue/gray to a brown ground, dia. 9 1/2; an octagonal brown ground with milled edge, dia. 8 5/8; a round brown ground side plate with milled edge, dia. 7; a gadroon edge with splashes of green and blue/gray to a brown ground, dia. 9 1/2; two with cartouche and diaper border: a gray ground with splashes of brown, green, and blue, dia. 9 1/2, and a gray ground with splashes of yellow, blue, and green, dia. 9; and a brown ground with simple shaped reeded border, dia. 9 3/4 in.
Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $800-1,200
9 1/2" feather edge: Very slight glaze scratches to surface.
Octagonal milled edge: restored rim chip.
Round milled edge: 3/8" rim chip, mostly on back edge.
9 1/2" gadroon edge: Restored rim chip; surface scratches.
9 1/2" cartouche plate: 1/4" chip to backside rim; light surface abrasions.
9" cartouche plate: 1" surface scratch and minor abrasions.
9 3/4" reeded border: Small rim chip restored; scattered glaze abrasions.
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Keywords
Muriel Polikoff, United KingdomStuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.