English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd October 2012

Lot 733

A good pair of Vienna cabinet plates bearing date codes for 1822 and 1823

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £2700

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Description

A good pair of Vienna cabinet plates bearing date codes for 1822 and 1823, each painted with an oval cartouche of a Classical scene within rich gilded borders and panels of grisaille putti on a purple ground, one depicting Agamemnon's sacrifice of Iphigenia, the other with a scene of Pygmalion before the living statue of Venus, blue shield marks and impressed numbers, 24.5cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Lady Mishcon. Presented as a wedding gift in 1949.