Five Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware Press-molded Dishes

Description:

Five Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware Press-molded Dishes, England, mid-18th century, a pair of fruit plates with openwork border to basketweave centers, dia. 9; a similar side plate, dia. 7 1/2; a herringbone and diaper pattern shallow dish with diamond pierced border, dia. 7 1/8; and a William Pitt commemorative plate with basket and diaper motifs alternating with portraits and cartouches titled W. Pitt Esq., dia. 9 1/4 in.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $600-800

Pair of plates: In very good condition throughout.
Side plate: 1" rim hairline.
Shallow dish: Sizable rim restoration.
Pitt plate: 1" surface firing line with associated staining; slight surface firing blemish.


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