Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014
Lot 168
A good Flight Worcester plate from the 'Hope' Service c.1791-92
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A good Flight Worcester plate from the 'Hope' Service c.1791-92, painted en grisaille by John Pennington with a central figure allegorical of Hope, standing on the shore with a ship at sail behind her, the end of an anchor to her right, the border elaborately decorated with gilt paterae, stars and dots on a rich blue ground, blue crown Flight and crescent mark, 25cm.
Provenance: HRH William Henry, Duke of Clarence, later King William IV, thence by descent to Lord Frederick FitzClarence, William George (18th Earl of Erroll), Charles (20th Earl of Erroll) and then sold at Christie's, 11th May 1893, with the rest of the service (260 pieces). The largest remainder of the service sold at Christie's, 24th February 1997, lot 65.