A GEORGE III OVAL TOLE PEINTE TRAY
A GEORGE III OVAL TOLE PEINTE TRAY
C.1795
painted with a scene from William Shakespeare's play Cymbeline depicting Imogen, Belarius, Guiderius and Arviragus before a cave, inside a thin border and a rim painted with classical anthemion and harebell swags between a pair of pierced handles, inscribed 'Cymbeline' lower right
77cm wide, 60.6cm wide, 4.1cm high
Literature
Illustrated in W.D. John and Jacqueline Simcox, 'English Decorated Trays', p.107.